A NASA-funded orbital lab that is one day meant to replace the International Space Station is one of the reasons why a hotel giant has signed a contract with two other companies.
The goal is to explore the idea of being treated well in space, a glimpse of a future in which people will be able to go to the moon.
"For decades, discoveries in space have been positive impacting life on Earth, and now Hilton will have an opportunity to use this unique environment to improve the guest experience wherever people travel," Christopher Nassetta said in a statement
The company thinks that it has an advantage when it comes to designing quarters for astronauts.
Dylan Taylor said it was almost like looking at it with a fresh set of eyes.
It has a history of designing world-class hotels. The hotel chain designed a hotel that was depicted in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey." The hotel chain designed a hotel that was depicted in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey."
If everything goes well, the first Starlab space station could be launched as early as 2027, with the goal of attaching several Starlab modules together to serve different purposes.
The biggest chunk of the pie was given to the company by NASA last year. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is one of three companies still in the running.
The reality of staying at a hotel in the middle of the night is still many years away, but that hasn't stopped the private space industry from dreaming now.
The space station Starlab will have facilities for astronauts.
NASA paid Blue Origin $130 million to build a new space station.