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The wish “I want a holiday that’s out of the world” can be fulfilled in
an entirely new way starting 2016. Orbital Technologies, a Russian
company, plan to open the first ever space hotel and put it into orbit
250 miles above the Earth.
The Space Hotel, or Commercial Space Station as it’s officially called,
is a four-room hotel that can accommodate up to 7 guests at a time. Each
room will have massive windows fitted with binoculars and cameras so
that guests can enjoy the breath-taking intergalactic views.
However, this is one holiday you’ll really have to prepare for. To check
in, tourists will have to undergo special training that can take up to
three months, depending on the type of spacecraft they fly to the hotel.
The Hotel will be aimed at wealthy individuals and people working for
private companies who want to do research in space. The next obvious
question is, just how wealthy are we talking about? Well space tourists
will have to pay £500,000 to travel on a Soyuz rocket for 2 days to get
to the hotel before coughing up another £100,000 for a five-night stay.
 
According to the makers, this hotel will be much more comfortable than
the International Space Station used by astronauts and cosmonauts. There
will be no drinking or midnight snacking on board as alcohol is
strictly prohibited. The menus will also have to be decided beforehand
as the food will be prepared on Earth and sent on a rocket, to be
reheated in microwave ovens. Delicacies such as braised veal cheeks
with wild mushrooms, white bean puree, potato soup and plum compote,
will all be available.
Guests can choose to sleep in beds either vertically or horizontally,
in the weightlessness of space. All in all, it will be the experience
of a lifetime and will definitely make for an interesting topic of
conversation.
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7/13/12
Space Hotel
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