Overview
- GRU Space, a San Francisco startup, announced on Jan. 12 a plan to open a private hotel on the Moon by 2032.
- The company says prospective guests can place a $1 million deposit, with stays estimated at $416,667 per person per night.
- Its roadmap calls for an inflatable test module to land and deploy on the lunar surface in 2029 as a precursor to the hotel.
- The first habitat is described to host four guests for several days with a full life‑support system and an expected 10‑year service life.
- Coverage highlights significant hurdles since no company currently flies civilians to the lunar surface, as U.S. policy also calls for initial lunar outpost elements by 2030 under a December executive order.