Bellevistat

Background

Bellevistat is losely named after the French word for “beautiful view”, acknowledging the stunning views of Earth from its location. The name honours a variety of lovely places named “Bellevue”, and represents the Foundation Society’s vision that this tourism hub and on-orbit manufacturing centre will enable a bright future for human habitation of space.

Services
  • Education - School for the children of workers living in space, catering for up to 4000 students of all ages
  • Fabrication of Residential Amenities - Can fabricate all residential amenities expected within a household
  • Tourism Hub - For $1000 per person per night, guests may stay in the luxury accommodation of Bellevistat and enjoy the spectacular views of Earth and the Moon.
  • On-orbit Construction - Automated on-orbit construction can occur at this site, although welding must still be carried out during EVA by a trained member of the crew at a cost of $100/metre
Bellevistat
Tourism and Fabrication Settlement

Initial Operating Capacity Achieved – 2041

Location – Earth-Moon L1 point 

Initial Population – 10,000

Predicted Population in 2100 – 24,000 + 16000 transients

This webpage refers to a fictional space settlement which is part of the UK Space Design Competition. No information presented here or implied herefrom should be regarded as factual. Any similarities with real events, places, or persons are purely coincidental.