Russian company Orbital Technologies reveals plans for space hotel
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Date: 17 August 2011
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A Russian company has revealed its plans for a space hotel. The hotel designed by Orbital Technologies is due to open by 2016 and will accommodate seven guests in four cabins. To reach the hotel it will take two days on board a Soyuz rocket. Once at the hotel visitors can choose beds that are either vertical or horizontal. Showers will be sealed in order to stop water going where it shouldn’t and toilets will use air instead of water to flush away waste, while food that was prepared on Earth will be reheated in microwaves. A trip to the space hotel has a high price tag – it will cost $942,000 to visit the hotel, with a five-day stay costing around $157,000 plus the trip costing $785,000.
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