First Hotel on the Moon Finally Opens
August 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?
By Pontus Edenberg
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Comments:
Actually, they will stay at the Lunar Lodge...
Posted by: Beau Goldly
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.
Posted by: danyelle borden
Actually, it is not a "Hotel." It is more of a Bed and Breakfast with awesome views.
Posted by: Enis Pevey
is this true ?
Posted by: tierra
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.
Posted by: Thomas
how would you get their and how much would it cost
Posted by: cameron covington
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.
Posted by: Pontus Edenberg
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.
Posted by: laura
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
Posted by: Susan Clifford
how will you eat? or even stay on your bed, would you be floating?
Posted by: Rachel Monqueic
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
Posted by: albanian-boy
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!
Posted by: Camila
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.
Posted by: Bertrand Russell
When is this so called hotel being built?
Posted by: andrew knell
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
Posted by: sufjan
this is wounderful. can u plz send me a picture of this
Posted by: douglas daglamah