Title: Manned Cloud - The Floating Hotel Post by: Vatsal on April 02, 2008, 10:00:14 AM Manned Cloud - The Floating Hotel
TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD ON A FLOATING HOTEL might be possible by 2020. (http://www.stopnseeus.com/files/images/arch/manned-cloud-001.jpg) French designer, Jean-Marie Massaud, has been working in conjunction with the French National Office of Airship Research on the project since 2005. The airship is a floating hotel called the Manned Cloud. It will cruise at a speed of 80 mph (130 km/h) and 18,000ft above sea level. It could circle the earth in about ten days. It will travel for 3,100 miles (almost 5,000 km) before needing to be refueled. (http://www.stopnseeus.com/files/images/arch/manned-cloud-002.jpg) It is an ecologically friendly way to travel, leaving little impact on the environment without the need for hotels, according to the promoters. It could land for a few days or for a week if there is a big event going on. The Manned Cloud is almost 700ft long, 270ft wide and 170ft deep. It has a restaurant, a library, a lounge and a gym on the first deck. On the second level there will be 20 passenger rooms, terraces with panoramic windows, a spa and a bar room. (http://www.stopnseeus.com/files/images/arch/manned-cloud-003.jpg) The airship is powered by a giant rear propeller and also has two further engines pointing downwards for vertical take-off. (http://www.stopnseeus.com/files/images/arch/manned-cloud-004.jpg) |