To the moon! Inside the outer space hotels prepping to welcome guests as soon as 2032
When you really want to get away from it all, sometimes even a remote island isn’t remote enough.Thankfully, if a clutch of sky-high thinking entrepreneurs and designers have their way, we will soon really be able to slip out of this world completely.Skyler Chan, the 22-year-old CEO of Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU), recently announced that he’s taking reservations for a hotel he plans to open on the moon within the next 10 years.
He’s so confident, he’s asking for refundable deposits ranging from $250,000 to $2 million.“The moon is just the start; we want to build the first cities on Mars, using the same technology and architecture,” Chan told The Post.Chan cautioned however, that the getaway spot “will not be for everybody — but every technological revolution is met with a lot of pushback.”Those who are scared, skeptical, poor or fussy can remain on earth.“This is a very adventurous thing,” Chan said.Staying on the moon, at least initially, will be far from a cushy night at the Mandarin Oriental.The hotel will have room for just four people and the structure itself will be inflatable — to cut down the cost of transporting materials from earth.Rather than room service or a restaurant helmed by a celeb chef, guests will feast on the same utilitarian, freeze-dried grub consumed by astronauts on the International Space Station.
(Retired astronaut Clayton “AstroClay” Anderson has said it’s best to avoid the tofu teriyaki.)Space suits and special buggies will be required for getting around and engaging in the activities Chan envisions for his guests.“I think people will be moon-walking, exploring in ATVs like you would in the desert, hitting golf balls,” he said.But, then again, he added, “I would be happy to just sit there and take in the beauty of the Earth.”Chan imagines guests staying for five nights — if you’ve gone all that way — though that won’t even be a full day on the Moon.
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