World's First Space Hotel to Open Soon

Galactic Suite Space Resort is going to be the world's first orbiting space hotel that is expected to open in 2012. If you want to spend three nights in the hotel you will need to complete a two-month training course first. The course will take place on a Caribbean island and for both training and spending time in the hotel will cost you $4.4 million. It is worth mentioning that over 40 people have already made their choice and at least 200 people expressed their interest.

As soon as tourists reach the space hotel, they will be able to witness the sunrise that will take place 16 times a day. In addition, they will circumnavigate the planet every 80 minutes. To surf around their pod rooms, visitors will need to wear special Velcro suits that will allow them to stick to the walls and thus make it possible for the guests to crawl.

Xavier Claramunt, who currently holds the position of chief executive of the Barcelona-based company Galactic Suite Ltd, is expecting that his orbiting space hotel will become the leader in the field, reports Reuters. He considers that space tourism has a great future and in just about 15 years it might become very popular.

At first the company will have one pod that would house four guests and two astronauts. It would orbit 450 kilometers (about 280 miles) above the earth and travel at a speed of 30,000 km/h (about 18,640 mph). It would take the space tourists a day and a half to get to the pod with the help of Russian-built rocket, which would take off on a Caribbean island. As soon as the rocket reaches the pod, it would dock with it for the whole stay. After three nights in outer space, passengers would return to the rocket to come back to Earth.

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