Billionaire founder agrees with Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos: We will work in space

Key Points:

• Billionaire space executive Taylor predicts humans will be living and working on the moon by the early 2030s, with a moon base featuring visible lights from Earth.
• Taylor emphasizes that while a small number of astronauts currently work in space, efforts are underway to expand space habitation to the general population, with jobs including resource mining, orbital data centers, and power grid construction.
• Mars is viewed as a backup plan rather than a new home due to its distance and radiation challenges; Taylor believes only adventurers will settle there, potentially forming small colonies over time.
• Taylor’s space ventures include founding Voyager, which is building the International Space Station’s replacement and holds NASA contracts; he has personally flown to space on a Blue Origin flight.
• Similar space colonization predictions have been made by Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, with Musk aiming for Mars missions by 2028 and Bezos forecasting millions living in space by 2045, supported by robotic workforces.