The head of the startup Voyager Technologies promises that within the next ten years people will live and work on the Moon.

Moon colonization: Voyager Technologies startup perspective

Not only Elon Musk dreams of conquering the Moon and Mars. The CEO of aerospace startup Voyager Technologies, Dylan Taylor, sees the end of this decade as the beginning of an active human presence on the lunar surface, and by the start of next decade full permanent settlements with work sites.

> *“Initially the base will be some kind of inflatable habitable space with accompanying life‑support systems. Later, in the 2030s, you’ll be able to sit on your house’s porch in New York and watch the lights on the Moon’s surface, because people will live and work there,”* says Taylor (source: CNBC).

What it looks like
1. The initial stage – a compact, easily transportable structure capable of sustaining life with minimal resources.

2. Development in the 2030s – expanding infrastructure to “house” level with the ability to monitor lunar activity from anywhere on Earth.

What competitors are doing
- Elon Musk plans to build an autonomous city on the Moon in less than ten years.

- Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, announced in January this year that it would cease suborbital tourism and shift resources toward a long‑term lunar base.

> *“Space has never been so hot,”* Taylor noted, emphasizing growing competition for funding in this area.

Financial context
- Voyager Technologies went public in June last year.

- The company’s flagship project is Starlab, intended to replace the International Space Station (ISS), whose operational life ends in 2030.

- Last year more than $45 billion was invested in launching telecommunications satellites into orbit; by the end of 2024 that amount had grown to about $25 billion.

Technical challenges
Taylor notes that data centers could be operational within five years. However, the critical issue remains heat dissipation in space – one of the key barriers to long‑term operation of lunar settlements.

Thus, Voyager Technologies sees itself as one of the pioneers in creating “houses” on the Moon that will become available not only for astronauts but also for ordinary people watching the moonlight from Earth. Competition with giants like SpaceX and Blue Origin makes this task even more relevant and interesting.