Prime Highlights-
- Dylan Taylor predicts a moon base with humans living and working there by the early 2030s.
- Voyager Technologies is building the replacement for the International Space Station under NASA contracts.
Key Facts-
- Voyager Technologies went public on the NYSE, reaching a $3.8 billion valuation.
- Taylor flew to space in 2021 aboard Blue Origin, becoming the 606th human to do so.
Background-
Voyager Technologies founder and CEO Dylan Taylor believes humans will soon live and work in space, echoing predictions made by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Sam Altman. Taylor told Fortune that moon commutes could become a reality within a decade, with a moon base and residents visible from Earth by the early 2030s.
Taylor pointed out that humans have already maintained a continuous presence at the International Space Station for 26 years, and said the space industry is actively working to expand that presence from trained astronauts to a much wider population.
Looking ahead, Taylor sees strong potential for jobs such as resource mining, orbital data centers and power grid construction, areas he believes will continue to rely on human expertise and problem-solving alongside advancing robotics.
Taylor’s path to the space industry began after a successful career across electronics, finance, banking and real estate. At 37, he pursued his childhood dream of working in space, becoming an angel investor in Space Adventures in 2007 and later an early investor in Relativity Space.
In 2017, he founded Space For Humanity, a nonprofit helping broaden access to commercial spaceflight, followed by Voyager Technologies two years later.
Voyager went public on the NYSE last year, reaching a $3.8 billion valuation and making Taylor a billionaire at 53. The company is now building the successor to the International Space Station and holds multiple NASA contracts. Taylor himself flew to space on a 2021 Blue Origin flight, becoming the 606th human to do so.
