Russia plans orbiting hotel in space

Published: 25 August 2011 y., Thursday

A Russian firm has set a target of five years to open a hotel in space for tourists looking for something other than a conventional holiday. Orbital Tescnologies says it will build a hotel and shuttle service to compete directly with a US venture attempting to develop its own service to space.

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