Space hotel plan unveiled in Russia

This sure would beat a weekend at the beach! But the price would have to be ridiculous... How many insanely wealthy people are there? Enough to make this a profitable enterprise?

This sure would beat a weekend at the beach! But the price would have to be ridiculous... How many insanely wealthy people are there? Enough to make this a profitable enterprise? probable not, but it would lay the bases for a larger and better hotel, which would put even more people in space thus lowering the price.

probable not, but it would lay the bases for a larger and better hotel, which would put even more people in space thus lowering the price. Good point danielost, I suppose that may be the long term goal. At the very least, they have at least 1011 possible takers up front, if this article has the facts right... What's Your Billionaire Age? (I was surprised that there are that many billionaires... I honestly thought the number would be smaller. )

Regardless of the exciting possibilities such an idea or actual project awaiting construction is the utterly disturbing & irritatingly bothersome fact that the Russian space agency, our largest partner (we being: NASA, and to a lesser extent: the ESA, JAXA, & CSA) invested long-term both financially & operationally in the International Space Station's usable lifetime, seems to be completely unconcerned with those committed responsibilities they made & agreed upon fulfilling in good faith with the other partner space agencies. To divert or redirect any time or resources to any o... [More]