A Spacious Home

Astronauts at the Space Station may soon have more room to move, thanks to BEAM, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module. It's an inflatable module that can be packed into a 7-foot tube for the journey up, then inflated. It is still in the testing stage, but company founder and CEO Robert Bigelow has high hopes. He foresees space hotels and homes: http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/0117/A-bounce-house-addition-to-the-International-Space-Station?nav=127-csm_category-leadStory