Freedom Ship was a floating city project initially proposed by Norman Nixon in the late 1990s.
The Freedom Ship project envisioned a 1400m-long integrated city with condominium housing for 30,000 people, an airstrip to accommodate turboprop aircraft, duty-free shopping and other facilities, large enough to require rapid transit. The complex would circumnavigate the globe continuously, stopping regularly at ports of call. The social and political structure of the Freedom Ship seems not to have been considered beyond corporate management.
Freedom Ship International initially estimated the net cost for construction to be USD 6 billion in 1999. However, by 2002, estimates had risen to USD 11 billion.[2] The latest update to the corporation's website, in July 2008, was a press release explaining the difficulty of obtaining reliable financial backing, and as of 2008[update] Freedom Ship International has not released the names of any major sponsors.
