US EditionCalifornia company plans moon hotel, accepting $1M deposits for rooms
- On Jan 16th, 2026, GRU Space opened reservations asking for refundable deposits from $250,000 to $1,000,000 and launched its booking website this month.
- Backed by Y Combinator and advisors this year, GRU Space aims to create a commercial 'third pillar' driven by tourism, with Chan saying, `SpaceX is building the FedEx to get us there.`
- GRU's roadmap calls for a 2029 test mission flying a 10-kilogram payload to test an inflatable habitat and regolith-derived 'Moon bricks' using geopolymer chemistry.
- Demand shows up immediately, with people already signing up; GRU says the average stay is five nights, total trip cost likely to exceed $10 million, and applicants pay a $1,000 non-refundable application fee plus checks.
- Around 2032, GRU aims to begin operations with inflatable habitats for up to four guests, but it employs one full-time engineer plus founder and depends on robotics, closed-loop life support, materials engineering.
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A start-up from the US wants to take space tourism to a new level. The company GRU Space has now presented plans for a hotel on the moon.The price for a stay in the hotel is several million dollars.The inflatable building is intended to allow several days' stays.The project aims to initiate a permanent settlement of the Earth's satellite.Hotel to be put into operation in 2032The first hotel on the Moon is to be put into operation in 2032. The in…
The cost of building one room will be around 8.6 million euros.
Moon hotel is taking reservations for $1 million dollars
San Francisco startup GRU Space is taking reservations for a planned space hotel. Reservations are $250k or $1 million, "depending on the option you select." There are no details on the presumably substantial difference between the two. The final price of a lunar stay has not been set yet, but "will likely exceed $10 million." — Read the rest The post Moon hotel is taking reservations for $1 million dollars appeared first on Boing Boing.
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Moon Hotel Now Taking Reservations
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