Friday, October 1, 2010

5 Star Space Hotel? Book a cosmic tour now!

Space - the final frontier - could soon turn into a tourist hotspot. And it's nothing to do with the International Space Station. A Russian firm's promising to launch the world's first orbital hotel. RT's Staci Bivens reports.

Newly discovered planet to save human race?

A team of astronomers from the University of California and The Carnegie Institute of Washington say they've found a planet like ours, 20 light years (120 trillion miles) from Earth. RT talks to Space entrepreneur Jeff Manber about the prospects of the discovery.