Next up: Orbital Resorts?

Posted At : November 4, 2009 11:22 AM | Posted By : leonard
Related Categories: Space Tourism, Commercial Space , Exploration , Education Station , Spaceports

That’s the stated goal of Galactic Suite Limited - a private space tourism company.

“We aim to build the world’s first space resort in orbit by 2012,” claims their website.

The plan for the space hotel is being shaped by architects in Barcelona, Spain, with Galactic Suite Ltd. headed by Xavier Claramunt, a former aerospace engineer.

Galactic Suite joins a growing list of firms that have advocated the creation of an orbiting space hotel. It’s an idea also studied by the Hilton hotel enterprise, the Japanese, as well as by U.S. billionaire and hotel chain-operator, Robert Bigelow, among others.

To date, Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas, Nevada has gone beyond talk.

That firm has launched two prototype inflatable modules that are now in Earth orbit. Bigelow Aerospace is now pressing forward on larger modules that could support space travelers in low Earth orbit…as well as pushing the technology required for space hotel designs.

If you’d like to keep an eye on the vision of new comer to the idea of a space resort, Galactic Suite, go to this website at:

http://www.galacticsuite.com/

By Leonard David