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Updated · The News International · Aug 17
Dylan Taylor Sees Moon Settlements by Early 2030s as Voyager Reaches $3.8 Billion Valuation
Updated
Updated · The News International · Aug 17

Dylan Taylor Sees Moon Settlements by Early 2030s as Voyager Reaches $3.8 Billion Valuation

3 articles · Updated · The News International · Aug 17

Summary

  • Early 2030s is when Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor says humans will "definitely" be living and working on the moon, with a moon base visible from Earth through settlement lights.
  • 26 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station underpin his view that the industry is scaling from a handful of astronauts to much larger off-world operations.
  • First lunar jobs, he said, are likely to center on resource mining, orbital data centers and power-grid construction, work he argues humanoid robots cannot handle alone.
  • Taylor's forecast carries weight in part because Voyager's 2025 listing valued the company at $3.8 billion, and he himself flew on Blue Origin in 2021 as the 606th person to reach space.
  • Mars remains a longer-term contingency in his view because of distance and radiation, even as Musk targets crewed missions from 2028 and Bezos envisions millions living in space by 2045.

Insights

With lunar mining planned for the 2030s, who will truly control the trillion-dollar off-world economy?
Could the massive technical hurdles of surviving lunar extremes derail the billionaire race to industrialize space?
If Mars is merely a backup plan, what hidden dangers make the Moon our only realistic off-world home?