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A video supposedly showing a nuclear-powered sky hotel called the Sky Cruise racked up millions of views after it was shared across social media in June 2022: This is not a genuine video of a sky hotel. This is a computer rendering of a futuristic concept. This video, which was viewed more than 3 million times on TikTok, was created by Hashem Al-Ghaili and was based on a concept image created by Tony Holmsten. Al-Ghaili, who has referred to his sky hotel as the flytanic, told Interesting Engineering that he was inspired to create this animation in part because of his current dismay with modern airplanes. Al-Ghaili said: While this video caused some confusion as line as some people wondered if there was truly a sky hotel flying overhead, this futuristic conceptual sky hotel does not currently exist. And, according to Popular Mechanics, it's unlikely that this airborne palace will exist in the future. While Al-Ghaili readily admits that there are no plans to actually build this futuristic concept, he does believe that one day it could exist. In a follow-up post on Facebook, Al-Ghaili wrote that he hoped his sky hotel video would encourage people to keep dreaming of futuristic possibilities.
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