A mile-long nuclear-powered ship for 80,000 people has been “about to break ground” for three decades
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A mile-long floating city with a sports stadium, symphony hall, and a hospital deliberately positioned beyond national regulatory oversight sounds like science fiction. But the Freedom Ship is very much back, with fresh renderings, a £12 billion price tag, and a new leadership team led by CEO Roger Gooch.
The concept has been "about to break ground" since the 1990s, a detail Newsweek recently noted with some amusement, observing that the same headline has run across three different decades.
Gooch is confident, telling the Telegraph, "We feel very confident that we can put this together, but the capitalisation is key." No confirmed funding exists.
The proposed vessel would carry 50,000 residents, 10,000 tourists, and 20,000 crew, circumnavigating the globe every two years at a leisurely seven knots, never docking at port.
The engineering, regulatory, and financial obstacles are staggering. And as the project enters its fourth decade of "almost," somebody still has to write a very large cheque.
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