Hotels on the Moon by the Early 2030s

A US startup claims the first hotel on the Moon could be deployed by the early 2030s, as space agencies return to lunar missions and private companies search for commercially viable ways to support long-term human presence beyond Earth.

Who Is GRU?

The proposal comes from Galactic Resource Utilization Space, better known as GRU Space, a US startup founded in 2025 by Skyler Chan, a former University of California, Berkeley graduate with a background in space systems and off-world habitation research. Chan has previously spoken publicly about his interest in lunar and Martian settlement while studying engineering and space technology.