This 'inflatable space yacht' could be orbiting the Moon by 2022
Las Vegas-based Bigelow
Built by  Las Vegas-based Bigelow  the company  now has  its  eye on taking  its  blow-up living area far beyond the space station  all the way to the moon.
Partnering with United Launch Alliance a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin Space Systems  Bigelow  said  it  hopes to send put the B330 expandable space habitat into lunar orbit by 2022.
Announcing the ambitious project this week   Bigelow  president Robert Bigelow said the fully autonomous space station would provide anchorage "for significant lunar business development in addition to offering NASA and other governments the moon as a new  exciting location to conduct long-term exploration and astronaut training.
 Bigelow  said  his  "lunar depot plan is a strong complement to other plans intended to eventually put people on Mars." Indeed  researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have suggested that billions of dollars could be saved by using the moon as a pit-stop for eventual missions to the red planet.
Built by [TGT]the company  now has  its  eye on taking  its  blow-up living area far beyond the space station  all the way to the moon.
Partnering with United Launch Alliance a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin Space Systems  [TGT]said  [TGT]  hopes to send put the B330 expandable space habitat into lunar orbit by 2022.
Announcing the ambitious project this week   [TGT]  [TGT] said the fully autonomous space station would provide anchorage "for significant lunar business development in addition to offering NASA and other governments the moon as a new  exciting location to conduct long-term exploration and astronaut training.
 [TGT]said  [TGT]  "lunar depot plan is a strong complement to other plans intended to eventually put people on Mars." Indeed  researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have suggested that billions of dollars could be saved by using the moon as a pit-stop for eventual missions to the red planet.