Planet 581c is the next big thing in tourism

Ready to take a vacation to somewhere a little different? Forget the Caribbean, forget Hawaii, the next great vacation spot is going to be 581c. Okay, so maybe the name is not as inspiring as say the Bahamas or Jamaica, but this place shows promise.

A mere 120 trillion miles from your nearest space shuttle launch point, planet 581c is circling the beautiful Red Dwarf star Gliese 581. This is a prime place to take the kids for summer vacation (provided you have a couple hundred years of vacation days saved up, since it is a hundred years one way to get there).

Make sure to pack extra water, because although scientists feel there is a good chance that 581c has water in liquid form, it is always better not to find nasty surprises that may make for a problematic water shortage on the trip.

Described as having Earth-like temperatures and being potentially habitable. Good news for the tourism industry, since they don't want to send you to one listed as potentially uninhabitable.

Image courtesy of NASA