Galactic Suite Space Resort, a company based in Barcelona, Spain, says that it is set to open the first hotel in space in 2012.
The space-hotel, which will keep orbiting the Earth, is to cost several billions of dollars, according to the company.
Despite doubts expressed by analysts about the deadline for the inauguration of the space-hotel and the huge amount of money involved in keeping it going, Galactic Suite Space Resort is unfazed and is aiming at and expecting what it calls a “potentially lucrative market.” The analysts also say that the company has so far produced no evidence of the space-hotel’s hardware.
As of today, the only way for a private citizen to travel to space is by signing up with Russia, who have a program to send those who pay up enough to the International Space Station. However, this is an option open only to billionaires. The first space tourist had to fork out around 35
Here are amazing pics of Space Resort
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