As near-space travel proliferates, it very quickly gets guest-friendly and affordable. What starts as high-flung Earth orbits for over a million a pop becomes the next cottage industry for the twenty-thirties (the cottage being a Russian Zarya Syem cargo hold). Travelers visiting Earth’s near future will learn that Lunar homesteading soon morphs into a more realistic endeavor: inn-keeping.

Time travelers familiar with the lunar landscape of the farther future will enjoy the quaintness and down-home “Earthiness” of early lunar B & B’s.

One of our favorites is Bob and Helen’s Victorian B&B — established 2033. Bob and Helen’s has fresh hot towels in the morning and every room has a view of Earth as well as its own bathroom. Apollo World-Heritage Site trips are easy to arrange– just talk to Helen and Bob bakes up the freshest strawberry scones this side of Tycho — his secret: water!