Countdown to 2012: hotel in space!

Apparently plans are afoot to create a hotel in OUTER SPACE, to be ready for guests by - uh oh - the year 2012!

"Galactic Suite," the first hotel planned in space, expects to open for business in 2012 and would allow guests to travel around the world in 80 minutes.

Its Barcelona-based architects say the space hotel will be the most expensive in the galaxy, costing $4 million for a three-day stay....

In an era of concern over climate change, Galaxy Suite have no plans so far to offset the pollution implications of sending a rocket to carry just six guests at a time into space.

"But," says Claramunt, "I'm hopeful that the impact of seeing the earth from a distance will stimulate the guests' urge to value and protect our planet."

Little does company director Xavier Claramunt know that his guests may be the last bastions of humanity as we know it, as human consciousness on the planet is sucked headlong into the singularity whilst they orbit helplessly... six lonely survivors, a limited supply of food, and a rocket that will only take them directly into the heart of the vortex... or perhaps their outpost in space will serve as the beacon that finally calls our alien overlords out from hiding to complete the transformation of the planetary mind into one giant DMT trip. Or something. Look, I haven't actually read Pinchbeck's book, so I'm not up on the latest script, but still - it makes you wonder!