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\n 28\/01\/2026 – 7:00 GMT+1\n <\/p>\n
By 2032, the first hotel may be on the Moon. <\/p>\n
A US-based space start-up called Galactic Resource Utilization Space (GRU Space) has started taking booking requests for what it claims would be “the first ever permanent off-Earth structure built in history”.<\/p>\n
The company says selected applicants will be asked to place a deposit of either $250,000 (about \u20ac210,000) or $1 million (about \u20ac850,000), depending on the experience they choose.<\/p>\n
It said final pricing has not yet been set but it is expected to exceed $10 million (about \u20ac8.5 million) per stay. <\/p>\n
Guests applying to book the hotel must also pay a $1,000 (about \u20ac850) non-refundable application fee to be considered.<\/p>\n
Company documents<\/a> show that an inflatable structure will be built on Earth and launched to the Moon, where it would then be expanded on the lunar surface.<\/p>\n GRU Space said the hotel could house up to four guests. It estimates the structure to have a lifetime of ten years and the total payload to send the necessary equipment to be about 9,070 kilograms.<\/p>\n Initial testing on the Moon is pencilled in for 2031, a year before the first stays could take place.<\/p>\n For now, the idea exists largely on paper. No such structure has ever been assembled on the Moon, and long-term human habitation there remains unproven.<\/p>\n Despite this, the company is already marketing the experience to rich tourists, repeat space travellers and couples looking for an extraordinary honeymoon.<\/p>\n It has also announced plans to gradually expand the site into a permanent lunar hotel for up to 10 guests and build a similar hotel on Mars.<\/p>\n