First space hotel planned to open in 2012

Now it’ll be possible to see the earth from a distance. Yes you’ve read it right! Galactic Suite, the first orbiting hotel planned in space is expected to open for business in 2012. The hotel will allow you to travel around the world in 80 minutes.
Galactic Suite would consist of pod-like rooms and a spa room with floating bubbles of water. You’ll have to wear velcro suits and crawl around the rooms to stick yourselves to the wall in a Spiderman style. Bathrooms will be in zero gravity.
Any space trip isn’t cheap, and this is no exception. For $4.15 million dollars you’ll get a three-day stay in which you’ll see the sun rise each day 15 times. The cost not only includes the trip into space and the stay at the hotel, it also covers eight weeks training at a James Bond-style space camp on a tropical island.
Now, if you can afford to shell out this amount to spend for a holiday in space then wait till next year to get your seat reserved.
Source: The Age
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