Weekly Forbes Contributor , Professor Larry Bell, founded and directs the Sasakawa International Center for Space Architecture (SICSA) at the University of Houston where he also heads the Graduate Program in Space Architecture.

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Tenants include the magazine publisher Conde Nast, the government's General Services Administration and Vantone Holdings China Center, which will provide business space for international companies.

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Vincent Sabathier, director of the Human Space Exploration Initiatives Program at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, is more optimistic.

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The competitions will center on NASA's famous space robot Robonaut 2 aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

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