This is kinda a dick headline. The real credit should be to Bigelow for building the BEAM. Its a very impressive solution and I believe the first full scale hab

This is kinda a dick headline. The real credit should be to Bigelow for building the BEAM. Its a very impressive solution and I believe the first full scale habitat inflatable in space. I guess the SEO people at techcrunch know words like 'SpaceX' gets results, but this article is like saying "American Airlines sends Obama to Chicago." Instead of "Obama visits Chicago." The transportation isn't the story here. The cargo is. Some details and photos of the BEAM here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Expandable_Activity_Module https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Expandable_Activity_Mo... http://bigelowaerospace.com/beam/ http://bigelowaerospace.com/beam/ Kudos to the team at Bigelow for making it this far. Let's hope for a successful deployment. Inflatables have often been assumed to be how we'll build habits off planet. They're light but durable and could soon be deployed on the moon with our current technology to act as a semi-permanent base. Imagine a dozen of these tied together. The lift cost would be a fraction of what a 'hard' habitat would cost. Or from less ambitious perspective, one of these acting as a commercial space hotel. Space tourism works better with a destination.