The space hotel will be at a distance of 322 km from the surface of the Earth, slightly lower than the ISS. "Aurora" will orbit Earth every 90 minutes, which means guests will see around 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours. The tour will last 12 days.
"Our goal is to make space accessible to all continuing to bring more value at a lower cost," Frank Bunger, CEO and founder of Orion Span, said in a statement. Currently, it is unclear how the Aurora station and its future passengers will go into orbit. According to Bunger, Orion Span has not yet made a deal with providers of such services.
Aurora's size is 13.3 (m) x 4.3 (m). Since it will be a space hotel, Orion Span provides the size of the hotel not in square but in cubic meters. The volume of the hotel is 160 cubic meters. The fully modular space station will host six people at a time, including two crew members.
Before taking-off, guests will complete a full medical examination and a three-month training which consists of several stages. The project managers promise that after the training the guests will receive a certificate that can be used for future flights.
The hotel guests will stay in zero gravity all the time, like real astronauts. Activities on board include taking part in research experiments such as growing food which guests can take home for a super-smug souvenir.
Ticket prices start at $9.5 million. In general, this is less than space tourists spent for a private flight to the ISS in 2001-2009. Each of them paid $20-40 million, according to Orion Span.
Those who are interested in the opportunity to go to space can already book a ticket by making a deposit of $80,000.
Friends and relatives of hotel guests may not worry about them, as there will be a high-speed Wi-Fi. You can send greetings to your family directly from outer space. After each flight of "Aurora", all the interior decoration of the hotel will be changed to a new one.
It is worth noting that some other companies are working towards space tourism. For example, Axiom Space and Bigelow Aerospace also plan to launch commercial space stations into orbit in the next few years.
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