Orbiter Hilton

[archipeppe]

In conjuction with the already rumored "Lunar Hilton", tha famous hotel company envisioned also an orbital facility named "Orbiter Hilton" (https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/hilton-hotel-on-moon-scn-cmd/index.html):



With its design clearly derived by the McDonnell-Douglas MORL (Manned Orbital Research Laboratory)

 

[Grey Havoc]

Regarding the Lunar Hilton:

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/lunar-hilton-late-1960s.40593/

 

[publiusr]

Hyatt got in on the action

https://adage.com/videos/hyatt-hotels-hotel-in-space/1162

Ran across this old commercial from 1985 for a Hyatt Space Hotel...

...and the model they used for the hotel looks uncannily like the Regula 1/Orbital office complex from TMP. Sorry, the quality of the video is really poor, but you can definitely make out what I'm talking about: https://adage.com/videos/hyatt-hotels-hotel-in-space/1162 I wonder what other...

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Hilton’s more recent attempt

BBC News | Sci/Tech | Hilton to back space hotel

news.bbc.co.uk

Abandoned in place

Space Shuttle Fuel Tank

How did a 154-foot-long piece of spacecraft wind up abandoned along the side of a Florida road?

www.atlasobscura.com

We may yet see Starship as a lunar surface wet workshop.