More on Russian planned launch of test 'space hotel' module

COSMIC LOG, by Alan Boyle
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10880338/#060117b

Testing the space hotel:
In an example of beating space swords into plowshares, the Russians are
gearing up to launch the Genesis 1 inflatable spacecraft from the
Dombarovsky strategic-missile base in Russia's Orenburg region, according to
a report distributed last week by the Interfax Military News Agency.
Bigelow Aerospace's Genesis Pathfinder project is aimed at testing an
inflatable habitat design based on NASA's TransHab project, and could lead
the way to the creation of a commercial space module known as the Nautilus
or the BA-330.

NBC News' James Oberg wrote about the Dombarovsky base - and the prospect
that the Kosmotras rocket company would be using it for commercial
launches - more than a year ago. Last week's report provides further hints
that the base will play a role in the testing of technologies that could
someday be used in Bigelow's orbital space hotels.

Some details still need to be filled in: Interfax Military reported that the
Dombarovsky base would be preparing in March for launching the Genesis 1 on
a converted SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile, but it did not spell
out when the landmark launch would actually occur.