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2026-01-31 Science & Technology

An American startup has promised to open the first hotel on the Moon by 2032

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Posted by badanov 2026-01-31 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1805 views ] Top

1 Underground, or 6" Armor Steel plated hull and NO widows?

"Scientists estimate that about 100 meteoroids the size of a ping-pong ball strike the Moon daily, amounting to roughly 33,000 such impacts each year. Despite their small size, these objects travel at such tremendous speeds that each one hits with the explosive force of about 7 pounds (3.2 kilograms) of dynamite."
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Posted by NN2N1 2026-01-31 05:31|| 2026-01-31 05:31|| Front Page Top

2 Better be a AirBnB

Posted by Procopius2k 2026-01-31 06:34|| 2026-01-31 06:34|| Front Page Top

3 Will they have the mini bars of soap?

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-31 07:11|| 2026-01-31 07:11|| Front Page Top

4 Californian startup

ayup... nuh-uh.

Posted by Mercutio 2026-01-31 09:53|| 2026-01-31 09:53|| Front Page Top

5 A Review from the Moon

Mattress so-so. No bathroom,
And noplace to go, so...
To travel so far
In my new flying car
And get gassed on the Moon...
Fabuloso!

Currently living that, minus vacuum and meteoroids, for forty-something a night, net. Gotta love third party booking. Not that I'd deal with OYO, but those jolly cannibals will probably get some billionaire in the Mootel 6 for half price.

Posted by Zorba Sneaper1564 2026-01-31 15:59|| 2026-01-31 15:59|| Front Page Top

6 Pretty good new home for the U.N.

Posted by Oregon Dave 2026-01-31 19:35|| 2026-01-31 19:35|| Front Page Top

7 It would seem prudent to build in one of the many caves.

Fun question, does the septic have a drain field?

Posted by Woodrow 2026-01-31 19:44|| 2026-01-31 19:44|| Front Page Top

8 SPF 400 recommended

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-31 19:57|| 2026-01-31 19:57|| Front Page Top

9 Fun question, does the septic have a drain field?

No need. The Moon lacks an atmosphere so you can just pee out the window and it would boil away in seconds.

Posted by SteveS 2026-01-31 20:04|| 2026-01-31 20:04|| Front Page Top

10 I would think that space vacuum would be cold enough to cause serious shrinkage.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-31 21:15|| 2026-01-31 21:15|| Front Page Top

11 Hypoxia: Tale of Lost Love

An angel! But push comes to shove,
And our daredevil falls
With two very blue balls
And a ruptured unpressurized glove.

Withapologies.

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