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While time travelling recently to the 22nd century John found this old advertisement from <em>Planetary Geographic</em> digazine announcing one of the first mega-hotels on the Moon. Starting in the 2050s as nano-construction allowed quick and cheap transformation of lunar regolith (and later martian regolith) into self-built structures (with harvest of water), visits and colonization of the Moon rapidly advanced. At first only oil tycoons, basketball stars and those bankers who weren't in jail could afford visits to the Moon. But then costs fell and holidaying on the Moon became as common as going to Las Vegas. As with many mega-hotels and casinos the Hotel Crisium surrounded a historical site - the Luna 24 lander - and although it didn't have the same quality theme park as the Hadley Hilton and its exhilarating ride down the side of the Hadley Rille, it was an adventure to levitate over the surface - leaving no footprints - to touch the 200 year old, amazingly antiquated spacecraft. Sadly, during the collapse of the Moon Bubble of 2312 the Hotel Crisium and many other structures were sold as scrap and only the Luna 24 was saved from nano-recycling. <br /> | While time travelling recently to the 22nd century John found this old advertisement from <em>Planetary Geographic</em> digazine announcing one of the first mega-hotels on the Moon. Starting in the 2050s as nano-construction allowed quick and cheap transformation of lunar regolith (and later martian regolith) into self-built structures (with harvest of water), visits and colonization of the Moon rapidly advanced. At first only oil tycoons, basketball stars and those bankers who weren't in jail could afford visits to the Moon. But then costs fell and holidaying on the Moon became as common as going to Las Vegas. As with many mega-hotels and casinos the Hotel Crisium surrounded a historical site - the Luna 24 lander - and although it didn't have the same quality theme park as the Hadley Hilton and its exhilarating ride down the side of the Hadley Rille, it was an adventure to levitate over the surface - leaving no footprints - to touch the 200 year old, amazingly antiquated spacecraft. Sadly, during the collapse of the Moon Bubble of 2312 the Hotel Crisium and many other structures were sold as scrap and only the Luna 24 was saved from nano-recycling. <br /> | ||
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| − | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com | + | <em>[mailto:tychocrater@yahoo.com Chuck Wood]</em><br /> |
| − | Note: I will give a talk to the [http://www.clevelandastronomicalsociety.org/April%2010%20Meeting.htm | + | Note: I will give a talk to the [http://www.clevelandastronomicalsociety.org/April%2010%20Meeting.htm Cleveland Astronomical Society] at 8 pm on April 1 - I'd be delighted to meet any LPODites from northern Ohio.<br /> |
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| − | [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/lunar_hotel_010719-1.html | + | [http://www.space.com/businesstechnology/technology/lunar_hotel_010719-1.html Coming soon to a Moon near you] <br /> |
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Revision as of 16:17, 11 January 2015
Welcome To the Hotel Crisium
image by John Moore, Ireland
While time travelling recently to the 22nd century John found this old advertisement from Planetary Geographic digazine announcing one of the first mega-hotels on the Moon. Starting in the 2050s as nano-construction allowed quick and cheap transformation of lunar regolith (and later martian regolith) into self-built structures (with harvest of water), visits and colonization of the Moon rapidly advanced. At first only oil tycoons, basketball stars and those bankers who weren't in jail could afford visits to the Moon. But then costs fell and holidaying on the Moon became as common as going to Las Vegas. As with many mega-hotels and casinos the Hotel Crisium surrounded a historical site - the Luna 24 lander - and although it didn't have the same quality theme park as the Hadley Hilton and its exhilarating ride down the side of the Hadley Rille, it was an adventure to levitate over the surface - leaving no footprints - to touch the 200 year old, amazingly antiquated spacecraft. Sadly, during the collapse of the Moon Bubble of 2312 the Hotel Crisium and many other structures were sold as scrap and only the Luna 24 was saved from nano-recycling.
Chuck Wood
Note: I will give a talk to the Cleveland Astronomical Society at 8 pm on April 1 - I'd be delighted to meet any LPODites from northern Ohio.
Related Links
Coming soon to a Moon near you
COMMENTS?
Register, and click on the Discussion tab at the top of the page.
