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In the 1960s, there were serious plans to open a luxury hotel on the moon. Humanity was so close to taking vacations in space, but history shows that it never happened... until now!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

The lack of gravity is a mixed bag health wise (with still unknown effects), but a large part of it is only relevant if you plan to return to earth. I wager that we will see rich elderly people go into permanent orbit for actual health benefits of low gravity sometimes within this century.