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What was the idea behind the interior design choices here?

Maybe I’m not the target guest demographic you’re looking for, but the interior design choices kinda remove all the novelty of staying in a launch complex.

It’s like a cliche modern high end European hotel room was teleported into an irregularly shaped space that happens to be underground. There’s none of the launch complex aesthetic left other than the general room shape.

Personally I’d be more excited to stay in such a place if it had the entire 1970s “designed and furnished by defense contractor” vibe going. Milspec gray steel, everything attached to shock absorbers, wire guarded fluorescent fixtures on threaded strut mounts. Cable bundles lining the walls down the access corridor. Throw in some austere government spec period furniture with some carefully selected creature comforts added. Maybe some replica equipment racks and launch console components so you can actually tell you’re in a launch control complex. All the cool factor of a missile installation comes from the functional aspect, not that its a concrete space underground.

if you offer phone service (our network does) then you will need to prove five 9's reliability

If you provide any telecommunications service (phone, internet) you should be providing more than 5 9s regardless of whether a regulator is holding you to that or not. Ma Bell did it, and if smaller operations can't provide the same stability of service then maybe we need a nationwide monopoly again. Communications services are supposed to be significantly more reliable than for example electrical utility power. The network should remain fully functional even a month into a large scale disaster disrupting all other services.

I've saw how it played out after Hurricane Sandy here in New England...

The smaller independent telcos basically got to a point where their capability and resources to respond to the situation were exhausted and they threw their hands up and it took months for full restoration of services.

The larger players just sent people in from other states they served and diverted materials from construction in progress elsewhere to repair everything back into service. The smaller companies had to wait for the manufacturer backlog created by all areas affected to clear before being able to fully repair everything.

To put it into context, the telephone company that serves my area doesn't even have 24hr tech support. Its Monday-Friday 8-5, otherwise you end up in voicemail.