From The Huntsville Times

Space resorts now available here on Earth
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
By DONNA FORK
for the Times dfork@knology.net
For those who aren't interested in going "where no man has gone before," there are some interesting alternatives here on Earth.

Chris Jones of Red Planet Expeditions, is planning "an immersion resort" between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. People will don space suits and work in a Mars-like crater in the desert. He analogized the experience to a Civil War re-enactment.

"Authenticity is the key," he said. He noted adventure travel such as visits to Antarctica have increased, with 14,000 tourists visiting the frozen continent in 2004.

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