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Feb. 17th, 2005 08:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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The public has seen this vision for decades—another hopeless dreamer’s space fantasy. But here there’s a difference: Bigelow is betting $500 million of his personal fortune that he can make it come true.
It's happening, at last. Commerce sees the necessity of living in space, and is willing to help make it happen. Looking at those pods I think of William Gibson/Bruce Sterling's "Red Star, Winter Orbit." O earth, farewell! We're crawling out on rays of light, climbing into heaven Farewell! Farewell!