My name is Sitya and I'm a woman who's comfortable traveling alone. I never needed the constant companionship like some people. As I looked out the porthole window, I saw the glorious earth in the distance. I wouldn't be able to go home to visit for 1 month, because of a shortage of seating on flights. Not very many companies can afford this kind of startup investment to begin this kind of enterprise. I am here on one of the work/vacation programs. It costs too much for most people to just take a vacation trip. I signed up for 3 years to work as a recording studio specialist. Back home, I was an editor at one of the information on demand firms. But I wanted a more fun and relaxing job up in space.

I made it down the hall to my room. It was a basic, no frills room with no windows to the outside. There was only one wall with an outside scenery projection. I can easily change the scenery view to portray the scenery from any direction.

Rooms with real outside window views are extremely expensive. The window treatment required to make them airtight and temperature resistant takes many layers of finishes. My living quarters are very small. everything is still at a premium on the moon. Until, the moon is fully terra formed with vegetation and atmosphere and the docking sites are scattered like pebbles from the earth to the moon, the cost of flying to the moon and staying there will be high. The first waves of residers and vacationers are compensated for this with stock in the Lunar 5 Colony. I just couldn't wait 50 years to visit. I'd be 80 years old and may not have the energy for such a lengthy trip.