Three Night Stay at Hotel Outer Space Just USD 42.2 Billion

Beginning in 2012, the tourists who travel into space can stay at a special hotel around the Earth. Resort development space "Galactic Suite Space Resort" was successfully achieved thanks to the ambitions of a billionaire, which until the U.S. spends $ 3 billion. However, prospective hotel guests must pay 3 million euros in order to stay for three nights. Before flying into space, prospective visitors must also undergo training on a tropical island for eight weeks.

Daily Mail revealed that during his stay at the hotel, the guests were promised to see the sun rise 15 times a day and around the world every 80 minutes.
They will wear Velcro clothes so they can crawl on the walls of the hotel with the body pressed to the wall like a Spiderman.

Galactic Suite Ltd. CEO and former aerospace engineer, Xavier Claramunt, said this project will make the company was in the front row in amateurs industry with a bright future. He also predicts that space tourism to be one of the other forms of popular travel.

"It is normal to imagine your children, probably within 15 years, could spend the weekend in outer space," said Claramun. Galactic Suite Ltd. company which was built in 2007 is expected to start operation of the hotel-like capsules (pods) in orbit 280 miles above the Earth, moving at more than 18,000 miles per hour with a capacity for four guests and two pilot astronauts.

Need a half day to get to the pod without the hotel staff will welcome them. "When passengers arrive at the rocket, they will be there for three days in the rocket and capsule. We create confidence in the tourists that they are not abandoned. After three days, tourists will return to the rocket delivery and return to Earth, "he explained.

Galactic Suite is not the only company interested in space tourism industry. Spaceport America based in New Mexico is the first facility built specifically for the commercial aerospace customers and passengers who do not have to pay.

Virgin Galactic company's British tycoon, Richard Branson will use these facilities to bring tourists into the streets of outer space at a cost of 120,000 one-time ride. Around 300 people have signed up to participate in the tour the streets of outer space is.

NASA Missions Can be Accessed on the iPhone

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced a free application designed for smart phones made by Apple, iPhone and iPod. NASA says they made this application is for Apple users who want information, videos, pictures, and the latest updates from the mission that will run NASA. application is available at the Apple online store.

"The user can use this application as if walking on the International Space Station (ISS) and walk on the earth's orbit. Moreover, it can follow the access to counting backwards from NASA missions, "said NASA.

This application is developed in the New Media Team from the Ames Research Center based in Moffett Field, California. "We are very pleased to be able to develop NASA content with a wider scope to the iPhone and iPod users," said Gary Martin, director of the New Ventures and Communications Directorate at Ames.

"NASA applications can be run with ease for the public to explore the experience in space," he said.