A commercial space station relying on Atlas and Delta rockets could double to 2,000 the numbers of employees at United Launch Alliance’s plant in Decatur, Alabama says Robert Bigelow, space entrepreneur and founder of Bigelow Aerospace. If Bigelow can achieve his goal to have two space stations operational in low Earth orbit by 2017, he said 24 flights annually will be needed to shuttle crews and supplies, reports the Decatur Daily. More on this story from The Huntsville Times, WAFF-TV News, and WHNT-TV News.At a potential of 24 flights a year by Bieglow Aerospace alone, Wallops Island, Va. and Cape Canaveral, Fla. would both be busy - all eyes looking upward with commercial, civil and military launch campaigns.
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