Intergalactic Vacations
Orbiting Space Hotels In 2022, you can take a 12 day vacation in space. Houston, TX based Orion Span is developing the world's first luxury space hotel It's called the Aurora Station. And the first 4 months of orbit aboard Aurora are sold out. $80,000 per passenger deposits came from North America, Europe and the Middle East. Actual 12 day vacation packages start at $9.5 million. Orion plans to launch the space module in 2021 and put the first guests into orbit in 2022. Close Quarters - Not Much Space Aurora accommodates 4 passengers and a 2 member crew of astronauts. The station is 43.5 feet long and 14 feet wide. The International Space Station is 8 times that size. It orbits at an altitude of 200 miles above the earth every 90 minutes. So passengers would see 16 sunrises and 16 sunsets per day. Passengers must complete a 3 month astronaut training program at Orion in order to get on board. Orbital Experience It...