5:20 PST: Bigelow Aerospace has received confirmation from the Genesis I spacecraft that it has successfully expanded,\u201d noted a Bigelow release. \u201cWe have also confirmed that all of the solar arrays have been deployed.\u201d<\/font><\/p>\n
\u2018Our goal is to get humanity into space so we can experiment, toy with ideas, try new and different things, and eventually make that miraculous mistake leading to a discovery that will change life forever,\u2019 note Bigelow Aerospace.<\/p>\n In the meantime, flight controllers at Bigelow\u2019s MCC will monitor Genesis I\u2019s systems as it orbits above the earth for up to five years. A long-term exposure to the dangers of space is a high priority for the program before the future manned space station program can proceed. In addition, Genesis I carries around a dozen video cameras, photos of Bigelow employees, and insects that will be studied to determine how they survive the flight.<\/p>\n By the fall, Bigelow Aerospace hopes to launch Genesis II, which will carry pictures and other items from the public for $295 per item. Over the next several years, Bigelow plans to test larger prototype spacecraft, including a full-scale prototype that could to launch as early as 2012. <\/font><\/p>\n The goal is by no means inflated, as the billionaire behind the project aims to have a space station ready to be launched by 2012. <\/font><\/p>\n \u2018In 2000, I announced our original goal of 2015 (and $500,000,000 later) as being the year we would have our first commercial space complex (CSC) in orbit. We might be ahead of schedule. The problem is transportation,\u2019 said Bigelow. <\/p>\n \u2018We expect to fly two spacecraft this year in 2006 that we are referring to as Genesis I and Genesis II. By 2010, Bigelow Aerospace hopes to have flown 6-10 pathfinder\/demonstrator spacecraft. By 2012, Bigelow Aerospace may be ready to fly its first full-scale habitable structure.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/font> **NASASpaceflight.com Job Opportunities**<\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/p>\n <\/u><\/p>\n <\/font><\/p>\n (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A Russian RS-20 Voyevoda (SS-18 Satan) intercontinental ballistic missile, known as a Dnepr rocket has successfully launched the first piece of the Bigelow puzzle, which could lead to the first \u201cspace hotel\u201d. Genesis I, the world\u2019s first inflatable spacecraft, was carried into its 320 mile orbit on top of the converted Cold War-era ICBM at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/font>Genesis I, the first spacecraft in a series to be built by Bigelow Aerospace, is a one-third scale prototype of a future craft that will eventually be a part commercial space station. Robert Bigelow, Las Vegas real estate tycoon and owner of Bigelow, hopes the station will be operational by 2015.<\/p>\n
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