Commercial astronaut Dr. Sian Proctor went to space on SpaceX's civilian "Inspiration 4" mission and spent three nights orbiting the Earth.
In a world first, she decided to rate the accommodations on TripAdvisor for anyone else looking to vacation among the stars.
Take a look:
Those are some high ratings.
I particularly love the pun in Location.
Location: 5/5
'The atmosphere was out of this world! We were 585 kilometers above the Earth's surface, higher than the International Space Station, so we could see a large section of the planet surrounded by the darkness of space.'
The gluten-free menu doesn't sound great, but also I imagine there aren't a ton of restaurants to choose from in space.
Food: 5/5
'The food was fantastic! SpaceX did a great job of asking us what we wanted to eat and accommodating our requests. They made me a delicious gluten free pepperoni pizza complete with jalapeños. I also had the best gluten free BLT sandwich along with olives, cheese, M&Ms and Skittles, with water and iced tea to drink.'
The fitness program sounds amazing though. Weightlessness counts as losing weight, right?
Overall, it sounds like a great locale for a family vacation.
But, and this is a big BUT, there is a category missing in Dr. Proctor's review.
And it's the category this writer always checks first when reading travel reviews:
Cost.
It's hard to pin down exactly how much the Inspiration 4 mission cost, but it was somewhere between $100 and $200 million (and paid for by a charitable billionaire who did it to raise money for St. Jude's Children's Hospital).
So, I guess that's a one star on the costs side of things.
Sorry, fam.
Looks like we're road tripping again this year.
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