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It was planned in 2008 that Luna-Glob, a “robotic

proving ground”, would be followed by a robotic

base, known in Russian as Lunny Poligon and this

base would progress with the construction of a

habitable lunar base that would have several components:

solar power station, telecommunication

station, technological station, scientific station, longrange

research rover, landing and launch area, and a

telecom orbiting satellite.

When the robotic phase is completed, the program

will continue with crewed lunar missions in the

2030s. As of 2017, Russia is planning to begin building

the lunar base in the 2030s.

At least something.

But the better option seems to be space tourism:

“Lunar tourism may be possible in the future if trips

to the Moon are made available to a private audience.

Some space tourism startup companies are planning

to offer tourism on or around the Moon, and estimate

this to be possible sometime after 2023”

Who could be interested: Bigelow could do it!

Bigelow Aerospace is an American space technology

company based in North Las Vegas, Nevada, that

manufactures and develops expandable space station

modules (wiki)

Bigelow Aerospace was founded by Robert Bigelow

in 1998 and is funded in large part by the profit

Bigelow gained through his ownership of the hotel

chain, Budget Suites of America (wiki)

There it is: Bigelow hotels on the moon as the first

step.

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