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Bigelow said the NASA brand will enable him to begin selling Kevlar habitats several times the size of the test module.
NPR: Space Station To Get $18 Million Balloon-Like Room
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The inflatable test facility, known as a Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, will launch aboard a SpaceX cargo resupply mission to the ISS in 2015.
FORBES: NASA Expanding ISS With Bigelow Aerospace Inflatable
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If the project is approved, engineers would hope to have the propulsion unit, or service module, ready to fly on the American rocket's first test flight.
BBC: European tech could propel Nasa's Orion capsule
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Astronauts will test the ability of the bladder, known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, to withstand heat, radiation, debris and other assaults.
NPR: Space Station To Get $18 Million Balloon-Like Room