WELCOME to your holiday destination: the Moon. After landing at the
spaceport, a surface shuttle will whisk you to your hotel, the Moon’s first. Its
two needle-like towers soar over the rim of a deep canyon, and between them
you’ll see Earth rising. Enjoy the view. Enjoy low gravity. Enjoy your stay.
It’s still fantasy, but maybe not for long. Hans-Jurgen Rombaut of the
Rotterdam Academy of Architecture in the Netherlands has designed a lunar hotel
that for the first time exploits the unique conditions on the Moon— and
the building materials available there. The hotel could be up and…
