1 million USD for 5 days in a space hotel

Do you want to stay in a space hotel to see the Earth from the universe? Yes, but quite expensive . The initial cost of a 5-day stay at the hotel in orbit is about $ 1 million.

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A Russian company has revealed plans to provide space hotel services in 2016 and to Mars in 2030. This news was published after the country's fuel supply resupply ship Progress M-12M failed to approaching the International Space Station (ISS) because of Soyuz's engine boosters.

Orbital Technologies said it will begin providing luxury hotel services to tourists from 2016, with the first module to have a volume of about 20m ² , including 4 compartments to serve 7 passengers at the same time.

According to Orbital Technologies' representatives, in addition to tourism, space hotels also serve many other purposes, aimed at wealthy people who want to travel space or who want to do research in the universe.

The initial cost for each such trip will cost about US $ 50-60 million, which is equivalent to the cost to ISS.

Each traveler will lose 1 million USD for a 5-day stay on a space hotel (Source: Space Travel)

Orbital Technologies says that staying in a cosmopolitan hotel will be more comfortable in ISS, but not very luxurious because visitors will have to use a vacuum toilet, sponge bath and eat food exclusively for travelers. Space.

However, some experts say that Orbital Technologies can hardly implement this plan due to lack of funding.

Orbital Technologies - a subsidiary of state-owned company RKK Energia, is still participating in providing travel services to ISS.