Now this should be interesting:
Soviet Era Almaz space station revivial.
For those who haven't been keeping score, the Almaz was the Soviet military space station. All 7 Salyut stations were based on the Almaz designs (as were key components of Mir, and the initial Russian components of the ISS). Of the 7 Salyuts, 2,3 & 5 were military expeditions with the internal designations Almaz 1, 2, & 3 and the others were civilian. The early history of these stations were a bit erratic, but the final Salyut missions (6 & 7) had pretty good runs. If these Almaz stations, which I gather are surplus from the Salyut/Almaz program, are late model and haven't deteriorated too far, they might work out ok -- but they were designed to be occupied by two well trained Cosmonauts, and I'm not really persuaded of their suitability for the space tourist trade.
