Prospective guests are being asked to place a deposit of at least $1 million, positioning the venture at the extreme end of the emerging space tourism market.<\/p>\n
Innovative construction using lunar soil<\/p>\n
The lunar hotel will be built with inflatable living modules manufactured on Earth, combined with an automated system that transforms lunar soil into brick-like material for the building\u2019s outer shell. This approach reduces the need to transport heavy construction materials from Earth, a longstanding challenge in space engineering.<\/p>\n
The initial phase targets travellers who have already experienced commercial spaceflight, as well as those seeking \u201ca once-in-a-universe holiday.\u201d Early guests would pioneer a new category of tourism, combining space travel with extended stays beyond Earth\u2019s orbit.<\/p>\n
Technology tests before construction<\/p>\n
GRU Space plans to begin testing lunar construction technologies by 2029 in cooperation with NASA. The first trial will deploy a small inflatable structure on the Moon to assess materials, durability, and environmental conditions.<\/p>\n
If successful, the company will construct a larger structure in a lunar pit, believed to offer more stable conditions.<\/p>\n
The initial hotel will accommodate four guests, with plans to expand capacity as technology and logistics evolve.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we succeed, this will generate billions on the Moon and Mars,\u201d said founder Skyli Chan. \u201cPeople will be able to experience the wonder of life in space.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prospective guests are being asked to place a deposit of at least $1 million, positioning the venture at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,128,285,3792],"class_list":["post-427161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-science","tag-space","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}