Because of this. A planned hotel in space.
"Galactic Suite," the first hotel planned in space, expects to open for business in 2012 and would allow guests to travel around the world in 80 minutes.
Its Barcelona-based architects say the space hotel will be the most expensive in the galaxy, costing $4 million for a three-day stay.
During that time guests would see the sun rise 15 times a day and use Velcro suits to crawl around their pod rooms by sticking themselves to the walls like Spiderman.
Seriously, wouldn't that be the coolest thing? Being in space. Looking down at the Earth. Imagine what you'd see. Hell, you could see the aurora from space, if you're really lucky. I'm sorry, but that'd be about the coolest thing ever.
I'd better start saving my pennies now.
In other news, coming up this weekend:
- The Perseid Meteor Shower. "For best viewing, try to find a dark spot, away from city lights and look east. For added bonus, Mars will be out, in full red bloom, in the constellation Taurus, just below Perseus." Peak shower time is 2am, Monday morning.
- This one, you can enjoy without having to stay up late, and be in a dark place... Deep Blue is on the Discovery Channel on Sunday at 8PM. This show is made from the same folks who brought us Planet Earth (which, I think is periodically rerun on Animal Planet). The photography/cinematography is just amazing. I mean, AMAZING. I hope Deep Blue is every bit as cool as Planet Earth, because... wow. Trust me on this one - set your DVRs.
Have a good weekend!
Posted by mikey at 02:00 PM. Filed under: Breaking news •
