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Orbital hotel has begun taking pre-orders.. / November 9, 2009 /

Company Galactic Suite Ltd. started to register all who wish to spend his vacation on orbit. There are already 43 people have reserved seats in orbit, and about 200, according to the company’s management, have expressed interest.

It is planned that the space station starting in 2012. Cost of 3 days in orbit will reach 4,4 million dollars. For comparison, the seventh space tourist Guy Laliberté paid, according to unofficial data, about 35 million dollars for 11 days.

The project is currently under development. Recently, according to news agencies, an anonymous billionaire gave the company about $ 3 billion for the completion of the station. For delivery of parts hotel in orbit to use Russia’s missiles.

However, many critics of the project are skeptical that the company will be able to finish work on the project on time due to great technical difficulties.

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