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Meanwhile, Bigelow might have first habitable module up by 2010.

TB — 9/1/2007 10:52:43 PM (archived)

Story here.

Of course, "habitable" isn't going to mean "inhabited" without some kind of space transport.

On that note, SpaceX is hoping to test their first "Dragon" man-rated space capsule around 2009, and of course, there's always the Russians.

(Bigelow's own fluffy website is a pain to navigate, and good luck finding any decent tech information.)

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• NASA wants to bring down ISS after 2014....Why bother building it in the first place? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/1/2007 9:10:38 PM
  • I think what you are seeing is the not so subtle shift in budgetary priorities. - TAFKASE - 9/4/2007 6:12:50 PM
  • The secret of NASA budgets - nick hoffman - 9/3/2007 11:35:19 AM
  • Meanwhile, Bigelow might have first habitable module up by 2010. - TB - 9/1/2007 10:52:43 PM
    • Bigs is skipping the Galaxy Module and going right to Sundancer - Buck Galaxy - 9/2/2007 8:25:06 PM
      • There won't be any early ISS deorbiting - Raoul - 9/2/2007 8:52:40 PM
        • Docking - TB - 9/2/2007 9:19:48 PM
  • Where does that come from? - Raoul - 9/1/2007 10:39:13 PM
    • Here's the URL you're looking for, Raoul. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/3/2007 7:36:59 PM
      • Hmm - Raoul - 9/3/2007 9:56:39 PM
        • re: Hmm - Marcia - 9/4/2007 1:02:37 AM
          • I know, I know, Marcia! :-) (n/t) - Raoul - 9/4/2007 5:31:07 AM
            • re: I know, I know, Marcia! :-) - Merci. (n/t) - Marcia - 9/5/2007 3:26:55 AM
  • It's the product of a throw away space program. - Lee - 9/1/2007 9:48:23 PM
  • ISS was never anything but a Reagan propaganda gadget. - Bowser - 9/1/2007 9:28:32 PM
    • The purposes of a space station - Raoul - 9/1/2007 11:12:01 PM
      • re: The purposes of a space station - James Brown - 9/2/2007 4:47:09 PM
        • Reasons for space afficionados - Raoul - 9/2/2007 7:15:28 PM
          • I'm fine with the station. Just wish Bush did not cripple it and it was performing the science it was designed to. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/3/2007 5:59:35 AM
            • Can you explain that? (n/t) - TB - 9/3/2007 6:07:25 AM
              • Declaring that the crew module and the return flight module would not be built on schedule. - alcaray - 9/3/2007 7:45:13 AM
                • Orion - Raoul - 9/3/2007 4:25:56 PM
          • The ISS is on a deadend street. - Lee - 9/3/2007 2:16:00 AM
            • Ditto. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/3/2007 7:37:43 PM
          • re: Reasons for space afficionados - James Brown - 9/3/2007 1:31:22 AM