First Hotel on the Moon Finally Opens

First Hotel on the Moon Finally OpensAugust 23, 2025 - Today a new chapter in space tourism was written. Rod Markham and his wife-to-be Susan Millster arrived safely to the moon to spend 5 days as the first guests at the Starbright Hotel that was set up for this purpose two years ago.

Not are they only the first hotel guests on the moon, they also set a new record for expensive accommodation since the price was US$ 3,7 million per night, per person. However, the exclusive transfer from earth to the hotel was included in the price.

The hotel itself will probably have a tough time just to try to gain one star at any hotel rating system, since there is no room service, the guests have to do the cleaning of the room themselves and there is no bathroom in them. However, they have more stars than they need just outside their window.

Rod and Susan will get married through link by their local minister in San Diego, California at 9.00pm EST tonight, and the wedding will be broadcasted live by several major TV networks in a 1-hour special including the preparations for the trip.

They were accompanied by six other astronauts that during the stay will set up further accommodations for the guests that have made reservations at the Starbright Hotel next year. The hotel has so far no employees, only temporary staff when guests.

 

Argument: Apart from the few tourists that already have been out in space, commercial space flights will be available in 2008 through companies like Space Adventures and Virgin Galactic, even though they will just be out in space for a short time. Since several organizations plan to put the first man on Mars by 2030, new trips to the moon will take place around 2015-2020. That combined with the increasing interest in space tourism in the next decade will open up to the possibility to make a reservation on the moon.

Questions: How will the first permanent accommodations on the moon look like? Will we be able to follow space flights live on TV, like today's reality shows? What will a vacation on the moon be like, what would the exclusive attractions be apart from the view?


Comments:

Actually, they will stay at the Lunar Lodge...

This is crazy.How is there a hotel on the moon.I'm like the moon is in space how can a hotel be in space.Please send me a picture of it.

Actually, it is not a "Hotel." It is more of a Bed and Breakfast with awesome views.

is this true ?

It's not very unlikely that there will be a civilian tourist on a flight at first probably "around the moon" and then go back to earth.
This will probably be in about 30-50 years but who can really know.
An interesting question is if this can be achieved by a private interest?

But when it comes to space travel or any form of transportation or greater technical achievements it all in the end comes down to the amount of available energy that is to our posposal.
Like if we were to create a portable fusion reactor that could provide thrust for a spaceship in a manner far better than the rockets of today, space travel would probably be more common.

how would you get their and how much would it cost

Thomas, you can actually today buy a space trip "around the Moon" as a private expedition, from Space Adventures. They will go around the Moon, without landing there, and back to Earth.

To land on the Moon is a totally different expedition, but to be able to go to Mars they have to go to the Moon first, which NASA plans for year 2020.

this would be really cool if it happens, but is it? & they should deffinatly have some vending machines for people who get hungry at night.

If you were to make a TV or radio commercial to advertise holidays to the Lunar Hotel on the moon..how would it go and what are you offering

how will you eat? or even stay on your bed, would you be floating?

this is great shit man. living on the moon not just living working sleaping and of course fucking in the moon thats a niceeeeeeeee. and probely around 2678 a mankind will be able to conquer the universe so dont wait work we have to much work to do cheers

Human wants everything!
This is very ridiculous!
There's a lot of people hungry in the world, a lot of people sick!
Why don't human help this people?
BECAUSE THE HUMAN ONLY WANTS MONEY AND THEY WANT MORE AND MORE THINGS!
The humans only think in themselves!


FUCK THIS HOTEL!

Camila angry human. Want not money. Only use limited use of word to scream. Human with gone ear don't hear. Need hotel. I moon you.

When is this so called hotel being built?

i somehow don't see this as being a very viable business.

space tourism ok.

but a) you have to have a shitload of cash to build a hotel on the moon.
b) very expensive to maitain
c) kind of a hazardous vacation.
d)you may be rich but going to the moon isnt a cup of tea ,its not all hair dryers and complementary breafest..

this just seems like a lawsuit waiting to happen

this is wounderful. can u plz send me a picture of this

hotel on moon they will defo do it they have already been to the moon and send robots to mars why not and by the time its 3000 there will be hotels on ever plannet and moons we may even own anothere galaxy

By this time Earth's central government will admit to the existence of the Lunar Beings already on the Moon. These people will naturally have jobs in the hotel as maids, bellmen, restaurant workers, etc. Some of them might be Lunatics but hey, that's a chance we'll have to take

I'm a lunatic, can I work there? I will be in charge of tuning the piano.

That would be alot...i mean A LOT of money wasted on something as going to a half-baked hotel...motel lol.. then theres the extreme hazards. space(no air)(extreme temperature) everything has to be extremely correct or those wonderful deaths would start to rack up on the bill lol just joking but that would be pretty fun floating around, feeling true inertia, spit balls floating you know zero gravity. It would be fun to go to the moon for a small vacation!!

uhh this one Casino Tycoon Owner Las Vegas is planning on building a hotel in space.

it will probably be more like a space station made for scientist and specialized technicians to do studies. I have a hard time seeing your average idiot up there.

Folks just llok up zero point energy! This might be a solution to some of earth energy concerns and maybe used to fuel the new space craft.

thats alot of money juust for a night

2012 people galatic alignment with a black hole lot's of gamma radiation for a year over certain parts of tha world !!

but i'd love to put my name down for the penthouse suite...

I'm an Idiot to, hay someone want to pay for a trip for me too?

Just read it & shut up w/ all your dumb@ss comments...

all this is not real

maybe in 50-75 years but no way in 15 years

this is crazy a hotel on da moon... that will be nice but where would the money come from and its true what about the hungys....

1. dis is bull & why does it say august 23 2025 and we r only in 2009 i searched up da hotle and there is no hotle in da moon yet the hotle is in thailand ppl do not listen 2 dis crap

They don't have any hotels now in Antarctica now, then what chance would we have hotels in the moon in the fuutre? We'll have scientific bases and research facilities in the future so a guest can stay there, but I doubt hotels.

The price is ridiculous, I wonder how is that special to live in space for five days. Why not book a super glamorous suit for 4 weeks other than spending this huge amount of money just for accommodation that is similar to bed and breakfast type of services, not that it's a 7 star hotel.

how would the hotel stay on the moon if there is no gravity?

First of all, the moon has 1/6 earths gravity. Not zero, that is in space. Just like buildings on Earth, they would have the center of gravity below the surface. This website is news of the future, it is not real.

Anyways, really do some research. The price is actually quite reasonable seeing inflation is going to drive the price of everything by 2025. You must account for basic upkeep, fuel, food, oxygen, materials, everything.

I would say the 2040's seem a bit more realistic, but space tourism is big business. It really would not surprise me to see a hotel in 30 years. Plenty of billionaires can fund it, there is over 1000 billionaires on the planet.

Sure... lets say it's true but It cant be possible that this will come in cheap. I can guess that the only people there will be Bill Gates or someone really rich.

By 2025 Virgin Galactic, Space Adventures, Rocketship Tours, and all of the other space tourism operators will probably be offering sub-orbital flights into space for only a few thousand dollars. I don't see why it seems so far fetched to believe a crude moon visit would cost more than a few million dollars per guest. Bigelow Aerospace has already launched several prototype space modules for their space hotel and are in fact preparing to launch their first human rated module in the 2010-2012 time frame. prices for a week-long stay in the Bigelow Aerospace hotel are projected to be around seven million dollars per guest depending mostly on the launch operators fees (i.e. taking a Russian Soyuz would cost three times more than taking a Dragon capsule atop a Falcon 9 rocket). Anyways the point is western society is experiential; people don't do things because they make sense. If something is within the proper price range most people are going to want to do it just for the "experience." Space Tourism is going to become an industry the size of the cruise line industry within the next two decades, except it will be far more accessible because a sub-orbital space plane like Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo is capable of taking off from any normal commercial airport runway. Mark my words: Anyone who reads this who is under the age of 30 will likely experience a trip to space in their lifetime.

HOw could all of this happen? It wont all happen. How do they even know all this would happen. there just putting all this stuf down so some one can just have somtin to read and then go talk about it all the time.

Blake, Ofcourse this would happen, it just to take some time. In some decades ago the human being didn't think the man would fly. Ever there are people interested in some expensive experiences, if they have money to spend so do it.

Oh that is really wonderfully. i am very interesting about these incredible news. so can you please send me some pictures.
thanks you Mr. master

its all fake,, there is nothing such of this thing,,, only god knows the future,,,how will you tell that there will be hotel in moon,, sappose if earth will vanished then wht,,, so be active enjoy the present ,, dont go to future,,,, and let allah made our future...

This so called hotel is so dumbb.
Who would go to this hotel?
Its on the freken moon!
You will have too......
Its dumbb..

This is funny and baseless.How can you post a news like that. Off course we are moving towards 21st well developed preferably better than we imagine century, but there should be at least some basic home work to plan a project like that.

wouldn't the hotel float away since there is no gravity

there is nothing such of this thing,,,HOw could all of this happen? They don't have any hotels now in Antarctica now, then what chance would we have hotels in the moon in the fuutre?
can u plz send me a picture of this if its real............

Maybe this will happen eventually, but not by 2025. More like 2125.

is this really true

I can see why they would want to build a hotel on the moon. People need to explore, and expansion is part of survival. If we can build a hotel on the moon eventually we will find a way to live on other planets when we need to.

But any person who can spend 3,7 million for one person each night is insane! Even if you can afford that it wouldn't really be worth is to stay one night, because the flight would be longer than the trip. But staying for long periods of time is hazardous towards the human health. We don't have exacts on what this will do to the human body, but the 0g will have major effects on bone and muscle physiology and the cardiovascular system.

Yeah, this trip may help us to see these effects, but seriously, some of this money can go to helping people all around the world.

This sounds bit too complicated for 2025. First of all that hotel would have to have it's own artificial gravitation field so guests and staff wouldnt float around together with furniture.Also, how will all material necessary for building the hotel be shiped there, and where would builders be situated while building? Don't think it will happen, sounds cool, tho i have no idea what would anyone actually do on the moon. It isnt really beautiful place, at least according to the pics. Plus the whole voyage there and back would last longer than actual staying at the hotel.

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