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Space Hotel to Open in 2012
blackdefiance writes "The New York Times is reporting that firm plans for the first hotel in space are now in the works. Slated for a 2012 opening, 'Galactic Suite' will cost about $4 million for a three-day stay. 'They may have solved the issue of how to take a shower in weightlessness -- the guests will enter a spa room in which bubbles of water will float around. When guests are not admiring the view from their portholes they will take part in scientific experiments on space travel. Galactic Suite began as a hobby for former aerospace engineer Claramunt, until a space enthusiast decided to make the science fiction fantasy a reality by fronting most of the $3 billion needed to build the hotel. An American company intent on colonizing Mars, which sees Galaxy Suite as a first step, has since come on board, and private investors from Japan, the United States and the United Arab Emirates are in talks.'"
The new space hotel sounds great, but a flight to space conflicts with the part of my schedule where I'm slated to die during the apocalypse.
$4 million is just the room charge.
Transportation is extra.
You don't want to know what delivery costs for the pizza.
If the masses can keep you down, you're not the Ubermensch.
Just because they don't have a practical idea doesn't mean they can't rip off investors.
I bet Chinese food will be quite economical by that time.
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It's obvious: put the mints underneath the pillows. How they then stop the pillows from floating off the mints is another matter entirely...
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Worse than that, none of the electrical sockets are compatible. Its worse than travelling to Europe.
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Eight weeks of training at a james bond style camp on a tropical island.
and while up in space for three days...
During that time guests would see the sun rise 15 times a day...
costing $4 million for a three-day stay.
and then there is a bill correction afterward..
15 sunrises a day for three days = 45 sunrises.
I'm sorry sir, according to our corrected calculations you were up there for more than 3 days...
45 days to be correct.
At 4 million per three days that comes to $60 million dollars.
here is you after bill of $56 million.
Now its beginning to make financial since...