Tourists who want an out of this world holiday could very soon stay in a hotel in space.
An inflatable space hotel is hoping to launch by 2021 for tourists to stay in.
The idea was originally created in 1999 by billionaire Robert Bigelow and his private company Bigelow Aerospace.
It has since evolved into the Bigelow Space Operations who want to send the bouncy hotels into orbit.
But would tourists really want to stay in one? The cost may mean that many won’t be able to experience it.
Bigelow revealed that the cost per passenger is most likely to be in the “low eight figures”, so a cool £10 million minimum.
He also revealed how they will be “ready for launch in 2021”.
Measuring 17 metres, the inflatables will link together in as separate modules.
According to the BBC, staying in space also means guests could see “16 sunrises and sunsets” with a space hotel moving at such speed that it would circle the earth every 90 minutes.
The modules were tested in 2016 when Bigelow sent an inflatable section to attach to the International Space Station.
The rooms that people could book would be twice the size of the one currently attached to the station.
A press statement from the company explained: “These single structures that house humans on a permanent basis will be the largest, most complex structures ever known as stations for human use in space.”
For those who want to have the experience but stay on the ground, similar versions of bubble hotels can be found in Bath.
It isn’t even the weirdest place to stay in the world.
A hotel in Peru allows guests to dangle at 13,000 feet as it is tethered to a rock in the sacred valley Cusco.
Other weird hotels include an underwater pod in Tanzania and Fogo Island Inn found on a secluded island.
