On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:39:17 GMT, in a place far, far away, Brian
Thorn made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:17:46 GMT, h (Rand
Simberg) wrote:

Agreed, but that's the world we live in. We're talking about what to
do for the years 2010-2015, not for 2025. In 2010, doing without a
lifeboat is a political non-starter.

I would think that Bigelow (or someone who purchased one from Bigelow)
could put a Sundancer in an ISS co-orbit by 2012, for a lot less than
a capsule will cost.

I have almost no confidence in that being the case, given the SpaceX
example.

What does SpaceX have to do with Bigelow?

Bigelow has been consistently ahead of schedule...