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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Cruisin' Cloud 9
A romantic getaway could be a weekend in a hotel where you and your beloved spend three days on cloud nine. What if it actually was cloud nine? Presenting, in association with French National Aerospace Research, Jean Marie Massaud’s Manned Cloud; a flying eco-friendly hotel which gently tours various exotic locations around the world over a three day period. Imagine watching the wildebeests' migration on the Kalahari, the humpback whales in the Sea of Cortez or perhaps Paris, the city of lights, all from above.

The whale-shape design of the air-ship-hotel offers sixty rooms for guests, a cruising speed of 135km/h, and top speed of 175 km/h with a range of 5,000km. Guests’ experience in the sky can be enjoyed at the restaurant, library or at the fitness suite and spa. Instead of hydrogen, which has met with disastrous consequences during the age of zeppelins, the Manned Cloud will rely on helium to raise it to the skies and three propellers for thrust.

In addition to maintaining a small carbon footprint, the Manned Cloud can access untouched, pristine areas of the world without disrupting the eco-systems at all. The service will be offered as early as 2009, so keep an eye out for a gigantic white whale in the sky.

Written at 10:07 AM by Sebastien.
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