You Could Be Working on the Moon in 10 Years, Says Billionaire Space CEO

TLDR

• Voyager Technologies CEO Dylan Taylor predicts humans will be living and working on the moon by the early 2030s
• Taylor expects jobs in resource mining, orbital data centers, and power grid construction to emerge on the moon
• Voyager went public last year at a $3.8 billion valuation, making Taylor a billionaire at 53
• Taylor sees Mars as a backup plan due to radiation and distance, not a primary destination
• Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman have all made similar predictions about humans living and working in space

Dylan Taylor, founder and CEO of Voyager Technologies, says humans will be living and working on the moon within a decade. He told Fortune that by the early 2030s, people on Earth will be able to look up and see lights from lunar settlements.

“We’ll have a moon base, people living and working on the moon,” Taylor said.

Taylor points out that humans have already been working in space continuously for 26 years aboard the International Space Station. He says the industry is now actively working to scale that up from a few trained astronauts to a broader population.

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