Vegas' Bigelow Aerospace to launch first space station

[Harry Tuttle]

Originally posted by DanS
Tuttle: I've been thinking about ancillary investments in this space. Here is what I found -- not much. Can't say that I'm particularly enthusiastic about these companies for the long term in space, but I did put in a modest short-term speculation for SPAB in anticipation of future contracts.

Well I don't know about the consumables market. Freeze dried ice cream and squeegies are easily reproduced and are generally inexpensive. If there is any secondary market for space it's going to come in the form of specialized hardware, something that wears out quick, but is somewhat difficult to build.

[DanS]

Apparently, Bigelow got it's tumble stablized and now the high speed data transmission is working. This picture has much more contrast.

[Winston]

Amazingly cool.

But it looks to me like the module is starting to go a bit um, ..flaccid?