Orbital Insertion

“At first, the plan was just to open a space hotel,” says Gene Meyers, president of California’s Space Island Group, which hopes to build a hotel in Earth orbit. “But our research shows that the real reason couples want to spend a week in space is for fabulous sex.” Rooms are projected to cost about a million dollars per week per couple, substantially less than the reported $20 million pioneering “space tourist” Dennis Tito paid Russia for several days in orbit. Meyers says there are “millions of couples who want to try [space sex] and join the ‘400 mile high club’. All of a sudden the world can see that space tourism is just around the corner. Mr. Tito has made it a reality.” (PA) ...Reality indeed: he’s divorced and had to take his “space sex vacation” by himself.