Bigelow Aerospace continues to strive towards private space tourism

According to Space.com, "Bigelow Aerospace of North Las Vegas, Nevada is readying a test prototype of the firm's expandable habitat design and looking to launch the hardware in the first quarter of 2006." (more)

Bigelow Aerospace is still offering a $50 million prize "to stimulate private development of orbital space vehicles."

America's Space Prize requires that a "spacecraft must dock or demonstrate an ability to dock with a Bigelow Aerospace inflatable space habitat and be capable of remaining on station for at least 6 months."

The contest ends January 10, 2010.