Galactic Suite: First space hotel to open in 2012

November 3, 2009 1:13 PM

A company which plans to launch the world's first space hotel, say they will be ready to open their ~~doors~~ air-locks in 2012.

Galactic Suite say plans for their multi-billion dollar project are coming together and they've already taken 43 bookings for out of this world holidays.

Tourists - who will be required to fork out an astronomical £2,650,000 - will get to spend four days on the space station 450 kilometers from the Earth.

They will see the sun rise 15 times a day and loop around the world every 80 minutes… they will also get to take the first holiday photographs that people won't mind sitting through.

A spokesperson for Barcelona-based Galactic Suite Ltd said: "Space tourists will be launched into space aboard the Galactic Suite Spacecraft, which will then travel to the space resort.

"The flight will be one of the main highlights of the experience. Aboard the craft, space tourists will reach a speed of 28,000 km/h in ten minutes after rocket ignition.

"The Galactic Suite Space Resort has been designed to provide space tourists with the largest protected private enclosure in space which will enable them to enjoy floating around in a state of weightlessness."