Boeing's Spaceliner Cabin Is the Stuff Of Sci-Fi Dreams

Boeing has a futuristic idea of what commercial spaceflight could look like. Earlier this month, the company unveiled concept images for the interior of a potential commercial spaceliner.

The company reworked its CST-100, a proposed transport system for getting space station crews to and from orbit. It’s still waiting to hear whether NASA will award a contract for the job.

The new concept is intended for commercial flight, not government contracting, but takes some cues from the original version. Boeing representatives say that work was a good starting point.

"The CST-100 interior is [already] leaps and bounds beyond interiors we have seen in the past," said Rachelle Ornan, regional director of sales and marketing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "It is less government-issue looking; it is a lot cleaner and simpler — it's cheerful."

Boeing plans to keep the fancy blue lighting for the commercial liner, and use LED displays to show off views of the outside to passengers.

The plane will seat up to 10 people, depending on the amount of cargo on the plane.

It's up to NASA to determine whether the plane will make it past the concept stage; the agency will decide whether Boeing can move forward with its CST-100 plans in August.

Image: Boeing

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