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Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space)

Galactic Resource Utilization Space, Inc. (GRU Space)

Winter 2026

Building the First Hotel on the Moon

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About Company

GRU builds off-planet habitats using in-situ resource utilization technology, turning local material into building material. Our first habitat will be a hotel on the Moon for space tourists, aiming to open 2032. In 2029, our demo mission will turn lunar regolith into bricks and demonstrate our modular pressurized habitat system. A second mission will begin laying the hotel’s foundation in a lunar cave. A third mission will open the first lunar hotel. We don’t stop at Moon hotels. GRU’s long-term plan: 1. Build the first hotel on the Moon. GRU solves off‑world surface habitation. 2. Build America’s first Moon base: roads, mass drivers, warehouses, and physical infrastructure. 3. Repeat on Mars and build the first cities there. 4. Own property on the Moon and Mars as these economies grow. 5. Reinvest profits into resource utilization systems on the Moon, Mars, asteroids, and beyond—reaching our final form: Galactic Resource Utilization. GRU Space is backed by investors in SpaceX + Anduril, and is part of Nvidia’s Inception program.

Active Founders

Skyler Chan

Skyler Chan

Founder

Graduated early from Berkeley EECS to make humanity interplanetary in our lifetime. Previously I built vehicle software @ Tesla, built a NASA funded 3D-printer launched into space, and authored at the world’s largest space conference. Air Force-trained pilot at 16.

Company Facts

LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Team Size2
Founded2026
StatusActive