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A friend was ordering parts from a Polish BrickLink store and asked if there was anything I wanted while he was doing an international order. I noticed they had the a lot of the new (ish) 2x2 turntable pieces going cheap, so when the order arrived, I immediately set to work to build something with a few of them. Thus the Micropolis Capsule Hotel was born. Cheap and cheerful, it's a popular place to stay while visiting the tiny city. Ref: D1710-050
Quite a while ago I was already explaining how a capsule hotel looked like. (for all those who don't want to look at the link there's a wikipedia description underneath)
Now this is inside the little capsule where mainly business but also travellers rest during a night and where women are prohibited.
But even though Kai is 1,90m tall he had enough space. Again the remark: look at that green shirt he's wearing ... it's kind of a pyjama that everyone wore at this place and it was a uni-size. Tall Kai looked very funny in it :-)
The guest space is reduced in size to a modular plastic or fiberglass block roughly 2 m by 1 m by 1.25 m, providing room to sleep. Facilities range in entertainment offerings (most include a television, an electronic console, and wireless internet connection). These capsules are stacked side by side and two units top to bottom, with steps providing access to the second level rooms. Luggage is stored in a locker, usually somewhere outside of the hotel. Privacy is ensured by a curtain or a fibreglass door at the open end of the capsule. Washrooms are communal and most hotels include restaurants (or at least vending machines), pools, and other entertainment facilities.
This style of hotel accommodation was developed in Japan and has not gained popularity outside of the country, although Western variants with larger accommodations and often private baths are being developed. Guests are asked not to smoke or eat in the capsules.[1]
These capsule hotels vary widely in size, some having only fifty or so capsules and others over 700. Many are used primarily by men[2]. There are also capsule hotels with separate male and female sleeping quarters. Clothes and shoes are sometimes exchanged for a yukata and slippers on entry. A towel may also be provided. The benefit of these hotels is convenience and price, usually around ¥2000-4000 a night ($21-42, €16-31, £15-29).
Most people who stay are businessmen too tired or far away to make the trip home. Others (especially on weekdays) are often too inebriated to safely travel to their homes, or too embarrassed to face their spouses. With continued recession in Japan, as of early 2010 more and more guests -- roughly 30% at the Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 in Tokyo -- were either unemployed or underemployed and were renting capsules by the month. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel)
A Mercury space capsule, used by NASA in the space program, suspended from the ceiling of the main hall at the New York Hall Of Science. I was surprised by how small it was. Taken with a borrowed Moment fisheye lens. -- March 1, 2020
"Mercury Capsule – Suspended from the ceiling of NYSCI’s Central Pavilion, NYSCI’s Mercury Capsule lets visitors see a version of the very first U.S. spacecraft built. NYSCI’s capsule flew once in May 1960 on a mission to test the escape tower – a large ladder-like structure on the top of the capsule. On the test flight, it was rocketed more than 2,500 feet into the air and floated back down to the ocean with a parachute. The unmanned test proved that an astronaut could survive inside this
capsule." nysci.org/space-out-summer/
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crew tower for Docking Test Capsule has been erected, w/ it hooked up we will finish launch system checks today
Here's my HK capsule toys collection ... I've been working on putting them in this display ... then I realized that I'm missing one!!! Doh! It's the one with the scooter.
Oh dear ... maybe this will mean that I'll have to sit in front of the capsule machine again. lol
apollo capsule - The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which succeeded in landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972. It was first conceived during Dwight D. Eisenhower's administration as a three-person spacecraft to follow the one-person Project Mercury, which put the first Americans in space. Apollo was later dedicated to President John F. Kennedy's national goal for the 1960s of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. It was the third US human spaceflight program to fly, preceded by the two-person Project Gemini conceived in 1961 to extend spaceflight capability in support of Apollo.(Wikipedia)