At right, a TransHab prototype is tested in a giant vacuum chamber at the Johnson Space Center.

上图右侧，约翰逊太空中心，一艘TransHab原型正在一个巨大的真空室中接受试验。

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Even though he was sure the design was sound, he built two prototypes of the TransHab module and demonstrated their resilience in a swimming pool and a vacuum chamber.

尽管施耐德确信这种设计相当合理，但他还是建造了两艘空间站的原型，并命名为TransHab，他在游泳池和真空室中分别试验了TransHab的弹性。

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He read about TransHab in 1998, and learning of the project's imminent demise, he established Bigelow Aerospace in 1999 and bought an exclusive license to the NASA patents.

1998年，毕格罗得知TransHab项目正处于生死存亡的危急关头，1999年成立毕格罗航空航天工厂之后他马上买下了NASA TransHab相关专利的专属授权。

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