A group of brilliant Masters Students from IDE, which is run jointly by Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art, have come up with phenomenal plans to build a hotel in space, which can then be fitted to the International Space Station. Indeed, this will be very cool in case the plans work successfully. The enthusiastic students have already unveiled a 12 meter-long replica of the hotel interior, besides the animated computer designs.

The students really worked hard to design the project, which could function in a zero gravity environment. The students worked with Daniele Badini, who is a renowned visiting lecturer and space architecture expert. The whole thing was a challenging task and the students really worked hard. The toilets were specially designed small in order to save space.

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A Virginia-based company called Space Adventures arranges a ride on Russian Soyuz rockets to the International Space Station for affluent space aficionados. With plans to buy a Soyuz flight all on its own in 2011, the news is Google co-founder Sergey Brin would also be onboard in the 2011 flight. His $5 million venture in the corporation will serve as a deposit on a prospect flight. Space Adventures has already done the reservation of seats for flights to the space station falling this October and April 2009. Enthusiasts have spilled over $20 million-$40 million for their trips.

By now the company has sent five tourists to the Space.

Via LuxuryLaunches