Heinlein Station

Heinlein Station is a private enterprise space station. It started small, a few cans with locks to dock your private craft in low Earth orbit. As money allows the owners are adding to the station. They now have a hotel and a brothel. Business has been picking up steadily with the opening of Olympic City. They have a fueling station so you can lift more cargo to the Moon or Mars. Most are headed to Mars' Olympic Camp to mine the stuff of star drives. Currently in high demand. They recently added gravity to most of the station.
There are people with some serious problems with this station being outside Government control, Gaia's Cradle chief among them. Kenya claims the station as part of its space infrastructure. As to the lack of rules there they shrug and point out they don't have any rules. What kind of squeeze is going on no one knows or is talking. However the tacit agreement keeps the Station hands off for other nations. Heinlein Station considers the African Free Port as its ground side terminal, but will take anyone from anywhere.
Heinlein Station recently added the ground gun to the Kenyan spaceport. A rail launcher for high g tolerant materials like fuel. The empty tanks are returned to Earth and reused.
==Businesses at the Station==
*The Astro Inn --- It's not the Ritz. It is a bed with gravity (or not), a bathroom you don't have to share and entertainment options. It is not the Sukai Kyūden Hotel but it is a lot cheaper. Frankly no more expensive than a night at the Red Roof, if you can get there.
*Bicorn Services -- The usual Ane services.
*Billy Bobs Bar and Grill -- Expensive beer and burgers. However you can tell your friends it's out of this World.
*Fueling Station -- Allows private ships to lift light so they can carry more cargo and fuel up once they reach orbit. The ground gun gets fuel to the station cheap. All the fuel lifted is sold.
*Joe's Ship Service -- Zero g vacuum servicing of space craft.
*Osgui Anti-Matter -- Gold Orion run anti-matter supplier. Demand for this is increasing.
*The Zero G Spot -- Brothel, five girls. Business isn't exactly jumping but Mothers Against Everything has their panties in a real tight bunch. Whores, are flying over their towns and cities! The children might see something. Think of the children!!
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