[FPSPACE] Space hotel in Earth orbit by 2012?

[LARRY KLAES]

Space hotel says it's on schedule to open in 2012
The cost of a three-night stay at ‘Galactic’ resort estimated at $4.4 million



By Stuart McDill
  
 
updated 10:20 p.m. ET, Sun., Nov . 1, 2009 
 
BARCELONA, Spain - A company behind plans to open the first hotel in space says it is on target to accept its first paying guests in 2012 despite critics questioning the investment and time frame for the multi-billion dollar project.
 
The Barcelona-based architects of The Galactic Suite Space Resort say it will cost $4.4 million for a three-night stay at the hotel, with this price including an eight-week training course on a tropical island.
 
During their stay, guests would see the sun rise 15 times a day and travel around the world every 80 minutes. They would wear Velcro suits so they can crawl around their pod rooms by sticking themselves to the walls like Spiderman. 
Full article here:
 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33579859/ns/technology_and_science-space/?GT1=43001
 
 
 		 	   		  
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