Aerospace · Projected milestone
Lunar towns
Estimated year~2055
8% by 2060 · including earlier years
The year is an editorial timing estimate. The percentage applies to occurrence by the stated deadline. These estimates are not calibrated odds.
Hundreds of people live and work on the Moon.
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Milestone stage: milestone (legacy definition)
Completion criteria: Legacy milestone: refine the observable threshold before resolving.
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- First lunar tribunalForecast · ~2066enables
- AI governance beyond EarthForecast · ~2068enables
- Moon-wide centimetre positioningForecast · ~2068enables
- Earth-Moon logistics hubForecast · ~2070enables
- First birth off EarthForecast · ~2070enables
- Lunar rocket hoppersForecast · ~2072enables
- First school on the MoonForecast · ~2076enables
- Lunar mass-driver cargo launchForecast · ~2078enables
- Lunar space elevatorForecast · ~2078enables
- Chip fab on the MoonForecast · ~2080enables
- Low-gravity sportsForecast · ~2080enables
- Lunar heavy industryForecast · ~2084enables
- Family homes on the MoonForecast · ~2087enables
- Lunar gravitational-wave observatoryForecast · ~2088enables
- Roofed-over cratersForecast · ~2088enables
- Lunar citiesForecast · ~2089enables
- Lunar railwayForecast · ~2093enables
Sources & evidence
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.