Virgin Galactic and Playboy Team-Up for the Ultimate Gentleman’s Club
With space opening up for private sector entrepreneurs it was only a matter of time for businessmen to turn to more prurient interests. Playboy and space tourism company Virgin Galactic are teaming to imagine the first Playboy Club in outer space.
In the March issue of the adult-magazine, readers will see the future of strip clubs as imagined by several futurists, scientists and brought to life by artist Thomas Tenery. The space Playboy club will have a zero-gravity dance club, a casino with a "human roulette" and a fine-dining restaurant.
"The Playboy Club in space will be on a station in orbit, like a cruise ship," Playboy writers A.J. Baime and Jason Harper described the futuristic club. "Orbiting Earth is one idea, but it could also travel around other celestial bodies."
Baime and Harper worked with former NASA scientist Stan Kent and futurist Thomas Frey from the Davini Institute think tank to work out the space station's design and functionality. The club would be built on a wheel-shaped space station that would spin to create artificial gravity. The space station would be kept supplied by unmanned cargo ships. The restaurant will be built into the spinning section to keep food and drinks safely on diners' plates.
Visitors to the club will dine underneath the stars as the station will be covered with viewports. The space game room will use the visitors as the ball in the roulette game. There will be no windows in the zero-gravity dance club but visitors can get drinks from Playboy bunnies in jet packs. And for more adventurous patrons, the club will have a "private orbital pleasure dome" with exterior windows so club goers can engage in out of this world sex.
"The entire Kama Sutra will have to be re-imagined according to the rules of zero-gravity physics," Baime and Harper wrote.
Of course the Playboy Club in space is just a concept for now but according to Playboy editorial director Jimmy Jellinek the entertainment group is seriously considering making it a reality.
"As Virgin Galactic gets closer to becoming the world's first commercial space line, Playboy is eagerly pondering the creation of the ultimate intergalactic entertainment destination," Jellinek said in a statement. "This heaven-in-the-heavens will exceed starry-eyed travelers' wildest dreams, and guests will truly experience a party that's out of this world."
Virgin Galactic is already selling tickets for the first commercial space flight. Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is expected to launch later this year. As space tourism takes off, will Playboy bunnies soon be entertaining guests in space?