First Space Retail Store on Orbital Assembly Pioneer Station
Orbital Assembly (OA), developer of the first space park with gravity, has announced a strategic collaboration with Dream Big World to develop the first space retail store, a terrestrial retail experience in space at the GITEX X-VERSE experience in Dubai.
“This is the first of many real estate leasing deals we plan to sign as we develop and launch these tourist, industrial and commercial stations."
Orbital Assembly CEO Rhonda Stevenson.
Plans call for a virtual reality and immersive 3-D experience, simulating gravity in space on OA space stations, for tourists at Dream Big World’s retail stores in Dubai, Cancun, and other locations to be announced in the future.
“Dream Big World and OA will collaborate to provide a retail space environment on our Pioneer and Voyager Space stations,” said Orbital Assembly CEO Rhonda Stevenson. “This is the first of many real estate leasing deals we plan to sign as we develop and launch these tourist, industrial and commercial stations. It is also the first marketing and merchandising opportunity on a space station that we believe will encourage significant extra-terrestrial brand marketing opportunities.”
No Shopping at the First Space Retail Store in Just Yet
“Ultimately, we plan to open the first store in space, but in the interim, we will introduce the Dream Big World physical spaces and the DBW Metaverse,” said Juan De Lascurain. “Dream Big World customers will be able to enjoy different digital experiences utilizing VR, NFT, digital fashion and the Metaverse,” including the experience we are developing with Orbital Assembly. “We’re excited today to be signing a Memorandum of Understanding to initiate this creative collaboration.”
The Pioneer-class will be the first free-flying, habitable, privately operated facility in orbit. It will have spacious, customizable modules built around OA’s rotating Gravity Ring architecture. Pioneer and Voyager space stations will be the ultimate ecotourism destinations.
OA has accelerated its timetable for this hybrid micro/artificial gravity space station, which will precede the Voyager Station, announced in 2021. The Voyager Station will accommodate up to 400 people and offer many amenities of a luxury hotel on earth with the comfort of an artificial gravity experience.
(Images provided with Orbital Assembly news release. Pictured: Juan de Lascurain, CEO Dream Big World, and Rhonda Stevenson, CEO Orbital Assembly)