--- title: "Watch This Epic “Trailer” for the Commercial Lunar Space Station" description: "## Rotating Space Station" date: "2019-02-15" modified: "2019-02-15" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-this-epic-trailer-of-the-first-commercial-space-station" categories: - "Off-World" - "Space" tags: - "gateway" - "space station" - "space tourism" - "the digest" --- # Watch This Epic “Trailer” for the Commercial Lunar Space Station ![The Gateway Foundation showed off its latest vision of the future: the Von Braun Rotating Space Station.]() *\Image: Gateway Foundation\* ## Rotating Space Station Welcome on board the Von Braun Rotating Space Station. At least, that's what the Gateway Foundation is envisioning. Dreamed up by former pilot John Blincow and retired Jet Propulsion Laboratory mission architect Tom Spilker, the station would allow for both low-gravity scientific experiments conducted by national space agencies and space tourism. In a slick new video posted to YouTube, the Foundation shows off its ambitious plans — including a render of a Hilton space hotel module. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTNP01Sg-Ss ## Big Dreams The Spaceport is a futuristic vision of what it would be like to visit a massive off world spaceport — even if you're just headed up for a brief holiday to space. "It will allow us to take our first steps toward colonizing the Moon, Mars, and ultimately, will usher in a new age of exploration as we travel throughout our solar system and discover what lies beyond," reads the Foundation's [official website](). Since it rotates, the Gateway can simulate varying degrees of gravity. For instance, a Hub that houses administration, storage, and other important elements of the spaceport could simulate lunar gravity for both tourists and scientific purposes. Five gates form a transport hub allowing shuttles from Earth or the Moon to dock to the Gateway. ## Questions But will it ever be built? The Foundation is offering a Gateway "membership" as part of a lottery system. In return for a yearly contribution — there is a free basic tier — the Foundation is offering up "informative emails," "event discounts," and a chance to win a free trip to the Gateway. At least, that's if it ever gets built. It's an extremely ambitious project that is going to require astronomical amounts of funding to ever stand a chance of being built. But it also shows how passionate people are to finally get a chance to travel to space during their lifetime. **READ MORE:** [SpaceX Starship and The Von Braun Rotating Space Station]() \[*YouTube*\] ***More on space gateways: [NASA Wants Its Deep Space Gateway Habitat To Orbit The Moon By 2024]()*** ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()