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Hotels On The Moon | Skyler Chan, CEO & Founder GRU
Skyler Chan is the 22-year-old founder and CEO of Gru. And he's building a hotel on the moon. And if all goes to plan, the first paying customers could be there as soon as 2032.
Of course much has to go right to get there. And much more can go wrong.
So let's start with the basics. The moon will kill you in three ways. Pressure. Temperature. Radiation. Gru's answer to the first two is an inflatable. A structure that ships flat, deploys on the lunar surface, and holds enough pressure and warmth to keep a human being alive. Their answer to radiation is a brick. Not a metaphorical brick. An actual brick, made on the moon, from the moon, using a chemical process they're bringing from Earth and mixing with lunar soil.
Nobody has ever made anything on the moon. Gru wants to be first.
The plan runs in three stages. First launch proves the technology — make a brick, inflate a bladder, don't die. Second launch scales it. Third launch puts people inside. The target date for guests checking in is 2032. The target capacity is four people. The target price per kilogram to get there is a hundred times cheaper than it costs today.
A lot has to go right.
But Skyler's argument is simple and it's hard to shake. This isn't a technology problem. We went to the moon in 1969 with less computing power than the phone in your pocket. We know how to do this. What's been missing is someone willing to start.
He started.
Please enjoy.
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Chapters
(00:00) Trailer
(02:19) Building a Hotel on the Moon
(06:06) The Logistics of Space Travel
(06:47) Economic Considerations for Lunar Ventures
(10:03) Merging Technologies for Lunar Habitats
(10:59) First Mission: Building the First Brick on the Moon
(13:15) Changing Perceptions of Space Projects
(16:25) The Human Spirit and Interplanetary Exploration
(19:40) Responsibility of Being an Interplanetary Species
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By A Technology Show For The Radically CuriousSkyler Chan is the 22-year-old founder and CEO of Gru. And he's building a hotel on the moon. And if all goes to plan, the first paying customers could be there as soon as 2032.
Of course much has to go right to get there. And much more can go wrong.
So let's start with the basics. The moon will kill you in three ways. Pressure. Temperature. Radiation. Gru's answer to the first two is an inflatable. A structure that ships flat, deploys on the lunar surface, and holds enough pressure and warmth to keep a human being alive. Their answer to radiation is a brick. Not a metaphorical brick. An actual brick, made on the moon, from the moon, using a chemical process they're bringing from Earth and mixing with lunar soil.
Nobody has ever made anything on the moon. Gru wants to be first.
The plan runs in three stages. First launch proves the technology — make a brick, inflate a bladder, don't die. Second launch scales it. Third launch puts people inside. The target date for guests checking in is 2032. The target capacity is four people. The target price per kilogram to get there is a hundred times cheaper than it costs today.
A lot has to go right.
But Skyler's argument is simple and it's hard to shake. This isn't a technology problem. We went to the moon in 1969 with less computing power than the phone in your pocket. We know how to do this. What's been missing is someone willing to start.
He started.
Please enjoy.
--
Listen to every podcast
Follow us on Instagram
Follow us on X
Follow Mark on LinkedIn
Follow Jeremy on LinkedIn
Read our Substack
Email: [email protected]
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Chapters
(00:00) Trailer
(02:19) Building a Hotel on the Moon
(06:06) The Logistics of Space Travel
(06:47) Economic Considerations for Lunar Ventures
(10:03) Merging Technologies for Lunar Habitats
(10:59) First Mission: Building the First Brick on the Moon
(13:15) Changing Perceptions of Space Projects
(16:25) The Human Spirit and Interplanetary Exploration
(19:40) Responsibility of Being an Interplanetary Species