'Flying Hotel That Never Lands': AI Sky Cruise Ship Will Use Nuclear Energy to Fly in Luxury

Joaquin Victor Tacla, Tech Times 28 June 2022, 05:06 am

Is it a huge plane? Is it a spaceship? Well, it's a flying hotel!

A CGI video of the "Sky Cruise" vessel was released on YouTube by animator Hashem Al-Ghaili, and it took the internet into a frenzy as it showcased a massive aircraft that resembles a cross between a cruise ship and a spacecraft hovering above the clouds.

(Photo : Hashem Al-Ghaili/ Youtube via Screenshot)
CGI of a nuclear-powered and AI-guided cruise ship called "Sky Cruise" that can remain suspended in the air for years without landing on the ground.

"Hotel In the Skies"

The cruiser will be powered by nuclear energy, guided by artificial intelligence (AI), and designed with a disc-shaped viewing tower where passengers can view breathtaking views of the skies, according to the designers' description.

But most shockingly, the Sky Cruise is poised never to land, making the vessel a literal "hotel in the skies."

According to the designers, the floating ship could maintain its altitude for years at a time while being accessed by electric private or commercial aircraft that could land on top of the cruiser and transport people and goods to and from the vessel.

Sky Cruise, according to the animation and concept designers Tony Holmsten and Al-Ghaili, would have 20 electric motors that would produce clean nuclear energy, leaving no carbon footprint. The creators added that Sky Cruise will be completely autonomous thanks to its AI technology.

However, Sky Cruise will still need a lot of staff for the ship to operate.

The video also featured what goes inside the cruise ship. It highlighted various bars and restaurants, viewing decks, theaters, swimming pools, games rooms, and even wedding halls for couples who want to exchange their "I dos" above the clouds.

Sky Cruise is poised to be a relaxing vacation destination similar to a luxurious cruise ship.

The video states that in addition to guiding the ship, AI would foresee and avoid any turbulence, allowing the craft to effortlessly glide over aerial obstacles.

The Modern Titanic?

However, as Mirror pointed out, some Internet users have not expressed excitement or optimism about the Sky Cruise. Commenters described the project as the modern Titanic, noting that performing lifts outside the aircraft would not be aerodynamic and that if the nuclear-powered ship crashed it could damage a city.

One commenter even wrote, "If physics and aerodynamics didn't exist, then this vessel might actually be able to take off."

According to the Independent, this is not the only futuristic plane design to go viral this year. A Chinese tech company presented ideas for one mile per second hypersonic aircraft in April that would take two hours to cover long-distance routes like Shanghai to New York.

Beijing Lingkong Tianxing Technology unveiled an animated video depicting how its imagined space flights may appear. The jet is propelled to the brink of space by a rocket launcher before disconnecting from it and accelerating to a speed of almost 7,000 km per hour.

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Written by Joaquin Victor Tacla