Space Hotel Reportedly On Track for 2012 Opening, Already Has Paying Guests

I hear stuff like this and smile. Brilliant.

sounds amazing.. Technology is really fast. :D i will be still alive in 2012. feel so lucky :D

If only we all had 4.4 million dollars to spend on something we didn't really need the world would be a better place.

Okay, here's the plan: The government can hold a high-level investment banking conference on the orbital hotel, and even pay for the Wall Street execs to attend. Then have NASA and the Air Force "accidentally" forget to tell them that a cloud of orbital debris is headed their way. It's an ideal and cost-effective way to fix the economy!

@HBillyRufus - I think it's a Brilliant Idea!!!

@blaxpear dido.
Id go there if we didnt trash the space like we did to the oceans, ground, sky... wait the sky is space... hhhhmmmmm

Sounds really cool, but yah i don't think it's very likely they'll make the date

Hold on, first we need to know that the 4.4 million dollars we will be paying for this fine voyage will guarantee our safety, right? Thank god I'm not one of those "lucky" Wall Street execs.

@V3RTIGO

With any adventure there is no "guarantee" your saftey.

For example, if someone dies on an expedition climbing Mt. Everest, what good would the guarantee be if one is dead?!?!

Or sailing around the world, or a hot hair balloon flight, or a small aircraft, or a car, or skiing, etc., etc., etc.

If you want to be guaranteed to be safe, you better not leave your couch. Wait - even then there is no guarantee you will be safe - a meteor can strike you dead on your couch.

When your time has come, you will die - no way around it. So while some activity is more risk than others, they may also offer greater rewards than less risky activity (eg sitting on your couch)...

kinda of a big waste of money.

Wow I really want to do this. Now I just have to find $4 million...

how many people can afford this? there are thousands of millionaires more than half of which would love this, i bet u would need another 20 mil in bribes to up ur spot in the waiting list :P

(oh jeez I sound like a conspiracy nut again :{)

Gee...I out of cash right now. Is there a refund if the hotel fails?!

@lalauncensored
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I read things like this and it initially makes me very sad. Sure it is an exciting new venture and a new step in technology, but the money put into it seems wasteful. You look at the news today and see how many are in financial peril and then read about someone blowing $4.4m on a stay in a space hotel. Sure I wish I had that kind of money, but if I spent it like that, I would feel really guilty.

I don't mean to sound like some hippy, but we have enough problems on earth to be taken care of first without putting even more out in space. Capitalism makes the world go 'round though lol.

It sounds really exciting, but, ummmm....I'll need to book it though Priceline.com! My budget is still only Marriott. Suppose they'll someday have coupons?

i'll have the EARTH VIEW room if not reserved!!!

In 1976 when I graduated from college, I predicted that I would be living and working on the Moon by 1990, 2000 at the latest. So much for that pie, in the sky.
May be my granddaughter will get there?

can william shatner negotiate a better price on priceline.com for me?

What a dream! For most that is all it would be, a dream. Gee, though it would be a fantastic journey and something I would do almost anything to achieve. Luck lucky employees of this hotel. I would even be satisfied with the eight week training.

Charlotte
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I would not feel embarrassed to spend the money on something like this if I had it. That's why people make money is they can afford to do things. It would be an experience of a lifetime.

I can't believe it! A space-hotel in my life-time is quite amazing, and I'm just 30 years old. I hope the 4 million dollar price turns into 4 thousand in 10 years so I can pay a visit. What an amazing vacation this would be, to stay in a space hotel in zero gravity

A space hotel, this is fantastic and amazing. Maybe in my lifetime I'll hear about a Moon hotel or a Mars hotel this would be awsome http://www.hotel-bucuresti.com/hoteluri/hotel_moxa-11.html

I’m as big a space travel fanatic as anyone I suppose but I could think of many more ways to sensibly spend 4 million dollars than on a 3 day trip in an inflated bag. Though, if trying to decide how to spend 4 million dollars was one of my daily problems I suppose I would find it an interesting opportunity. Ah, to be a listless billionaire!

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Even if it may seem a bit expensive, now, I infer that if the price dropped from $35 million to $4.4 million in only two years,in the next couple of years the resorts in Hawaii will be dumped for the inflatable space hotels and we will replace the expression "taking a walk in the park" to "sleeping in space".

Even if it may seem a bit expensive, now, I infer that if the price dropped from $35 million to $4.4 million in only two years,in the next couple of years the resorts in Hawaii will be dumped for the inflatable space hotels and we will replace the expression "taking a walk in the park" to "sleeping in space".

It is 2011, and their web site is still talking about building a spaceport and spacecraft, sure it'll happen in 2012, don' chew wery senior! All those siestas sure are taking their toll...

It is very clear it is a hoax. This company has never showed single peace of hardware. Building space station is not a complex task per se. You just need a big iron barrel (like upper stage of Saturn V). But you need to launch it so you need to contract launching service. I do not see such a contract. Or are they planning to build a rocket themselves? You cannot build a rocket in a garrage. You need hundreds of people, factory, testing facilities. Where is all this? They are planning to also build a spaceship. But it needs money and testing.
Their website does not even contain postal address. They only have e-mail.
If you want space to fly to a private space station, Bigelow Aerospace is much better bet.

In 1976 when I graduated from college, I predicted that I would be living and working on the Moon by 1990, 2000 at the latest. So much for that pie, in the sky.
May be my granddaughter will get there?
Where has all of our tax money gone for our Space Program?