first hotel on the moon plans to use inflatable and stone-like buildings mixed with local soil

"Galactic Resource Utilization (GRU) Space plans to build the dubbed first hotel on the moon using inflatable and stone-like buildings mixed with local soil. The team believes that space tourism will be the fastest way to start a real economy on the Moon, and by letting people visit and stay there, they can earn money, test new technology, and slowly build the tools needed for long-term human life beyond Earth."

"Each inflatable structure for the first hotel on the moon has layers, including a protective one so people do not damage the walls. Then there is an airtight layer to keep oxygen inside. On the outside, there are layers that protect against tiny space rocks, radiation, heat, cold, and strong sunlight. The recently founded GRU Space team says that the later versions of the hotel will also use Moon soil, called regolith, to build solid outer walls."

"They plan to design the first hotel on the moon for short stays instead of long-term accommodation, just for visitors instead of residents. At first, it will be 'small, simple, and mostly built on Earth', but over time, it can grow larger and use materials found directly on the surface. The team adds that the hotel is not just for tourism. It is also a test ground for building bases, roads, storage areas, and other structures that humans will need in space."

GRU Space plans a hotel on the Moon using inflatable habitats and later regolith-based stone-like outer walls. The initial facility will be small, simple, and largely prebuilt on Earth, intended for short visitor stays rather than long-term residence. Inflatable modules will be packed tightly into rockets, then inflated on the lunar surface to save launch mass and volume. Habitat layers will include protective, airtight, micrometeoroid, radiation, thermal, and sunlight shields. Machines will mix Moon dust with binding liquids from Earth to form solid building materials for future expansions. The hotel will serve as a testbed for bases, roads, storage, and other infrastructure to build a self-sustaining lunar economy and enable later Mars efforts.

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