‘First luxury hotel in space’ set to welcome guests by 2022 (reservations now open)
Stays at Aurora Station will cost just shy of $800,000 per person, per night.
In one giant leap for luxury travel, a US entrepreneur has launched plans to build the first hotel in space ? and reservations are already open.
For $80,000 (£56,500) apiece, would-be astronauts can get onto the waiting list for the Aurora Station, a modular space station currently being developed by Houston-based company Orion Span.
The hotel is expected to welcome its first guests in 2022 (although the hefty deposit is fully refundable, should plans get put on hold).
Out of this world experiences
In all, prices will start from $9.5 million (£6.7 million) per person for a 12-day stay in zero gravity, orbiting at 200 miles off Earth?s surface.
Following a three-month training programme to prepare for the experience, up to four guests at a time will be sent into Low Earth Orbit accompanied by two crew members. The station will complete its orbit of Earth every 90 minutes, affording views of 16 sunrises and sunsets in 24 hours, as well as glimpses of the northern and southern auroras.
Aurora Station will be able to accommodate four guests and two crew members.
Guests will also take part in research experiments while living on the station, such as investigating methods of propagating food in space (the results can be taken home as souvenirs).
Further features include a ‘holodeck’ offering a virtual reality experience, and high-speed Wi-Fi in case you want to stay in touch with fa...
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