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The Bigelow prices are good through 2018, and Mr. Bigelow said the prices would drop by then if, as he expects, rocket prices drop.

Nonetheless, the American authorities told Mr Bigelow that this coffee table was part of a satellite assembly and so counted as a munition.

"Every astronaut we have come in here just says, 'Wow, ' " said Robert T. Bigelow, the company founder.

Mr. Bigelow envisions variations of the inflatable modules being used for a Moon base or a mission to Mars.

Bigelow said his analysis was based on two years of observing the space policy landscape, rather than personal discussions with the Chinese.

"There's no other way to describe it, it's the moment of a lifetime, " said Ms. Bigelow in accepting her award.

Ms. Bigelow was no less ambitious, though she kept her intentions to herself.

A crew of two Bigelow astronauts would then be launched on a "crew taxi" rocket and dock their capsule to the Sundancer.

Bigelow is collaborating with Boeing using $18 million that NASA has provided for preliminary design of a commercial crew capsule.

It was, says the entrepreneur and head of Bigelow Aerospace in Nevada, "indistinguishable from a common coffee table" .

Its American Classic brand is sold only locally, though Mr. Bigelow hopes to extend distribution throughout the South.

Seen that way, Virgin Galactic's craft, Musk's rockets, and Bigelow's capsules are examples of such ingenuity at work.

Bigelow characterized China as "the new gunslinger in Dodge" when it came to space exploration .

The biggest hole in his plans, Mr. Bigelow said, is the one not entirely in his control: getting to and from the space stations.

And is there an entertaining end to the story of Bigelow's victory? She won on International Women's Day.

When Herbert Bigelow died in 1933, I was chosen president of the company.

Hopeful customers might also look forward to Bigelow Aerospace's long-planned inflatable space hotel.

Not if his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow has anything to say about it.

China could then conceivably insist on being paid for lunar concessions, Bigelow said.

In this illustration, the final habitat closes in on docking with the Bigelow space station.

"PROFIT is not our basic motive, " says David Bigelow.

The first Bigelow station is to be assembled in a series of seven launchings in 2014.

The Bigelow astronauts would intervene only if any problems arise.

Bigelow's movie, The Hurt Locker, beat Avatar at the 2010 Academy Awards for best directing.

The ultimate aim of all his investment, Mr Bigelow says, is to get to the moon.

Bob Bigelow currently has a test article in the orbit.

If the Boeing spacecraft is ready by 2014, that is when the dance of Bigelow space station modules will begin.

The jeweler delivers the golden scissors as Dan Bigelow argues with his staff

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