Starting in 2012, those with the means will be able to stay at a hotel far away from home — in space. Spanish entrepreneurs will be taking reservations next year for stays at their space hotel — Galactic Suite — which will be located 450 miles from Earth. Venezuela’s El Universal reports:

The journey will be aboard a space shuttle, a hybrid between a commercial airplane and a rocket, and will arrive at the Galactic Suite hotel, also called Spaceresort, which will remain in orbit around the Earth…

…In each flight six people will travel: two crewmembers and four tourists. For the three day stay in the orbital hotel, the shuttle will remain anchored to the arrival module so that passengers feel more secure.

Space travelers able to pay for the 4 million dollar ride will be able to orbit the earth several times per day in 80-minute intervals and will be treated to seeing the sun rise and set 15 times daily.

And if you have the money, you’ll also need time off. Space tourists will have to undergo 18 weeks of preparation on a tropical island before the journey.

Read more at the Galactic Suite website.

Via / El Universal

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