Editing TransHab (section)

==History==
The name of the project is a contraction of ''Transit Habitat'' reflecting the original intention to design an interplanetary vehicle to transfer humans to Mars.<ref name="aiaa6105">{{cite conference |first=Kriss |last=Kennedy |title=Lessons from TransHab: An Architect's Experience |book-title=AIAA Space Architecture Symposium |date=2002 |location=Houston, Texas |id=AIAA 2002-6105}}</ref>

Considerable controversy arose during the TransHab development effort due to delays and increased costs of the [[International Space Station|ISS]] program. In 1999, the [[National Space Society]] issued a policy statement recommending that NASA continue R&D of inflatable technologies while ceasing development of a TransHab ISS module.<ref name="nss74">{{cite press release |url=http://nss.org/news/releases/release74.html |title=National Space Society Announces Policy on TransHab |publisher=National Space Society (NSS.org) |date=1999-06-10 |access-date=2007-06-10 |archive-date=2016-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210142022/http://nss.org/news/releases/release74.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>  Finally in 2000, despite objections from the [[White House]],<ref name="spaceref2949">{{cite press release |url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=2949 |title=President signs H.R. 1654, the "National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000." |publisher=Office of the Press Secretary via SpaceRef.com |author=White House |date=2000-10-30 |access-date=2007-06-10}}</ref>  House Resolution 1654 was signed into law banning [[NASA]] from conducting further research and development of TransHab. An option to lease an inflatable habitat module from private industry was included in the bill.<ref name="nasa2000">{{cite web |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/1654 |title=National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000 |publisher=Library of Congress |author=((106th Congress)) |date=2000-01-24 |access-date=2007-05-26}}</ref><ref name="nasa2000conf">{{cite web |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=hr843&dbname=106& |title=National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2000, Conference Report |publisher=Library of Congress |first=F James |last=Sensenbrenner |date=2000-09-12 |access-date=2007-06-10 |archive-date=2008-12-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202173712/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/T?&report=hr843&dbname=106& |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="spaceref2261">{{cite web |url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=2261 |title=Letter from NASA JSC Center Director: Actions Required to Address ISS Budget Challenges |publisher=NASA via SpaceRef.com |first=George W S |last=Abbey |date=2001-02-27 |access-date=2007-06-10}}</ref>

Since that time, the private company [[Bigelow Aerospace]] has purchased the rights to the patents developed by NASA and is pursuing a similar scheme for a private space station design.<ref name="tsr686">{{cite web |url=http://www.thespacereview.com/article/686/1 |title=Interview: TransHab developer William Schneider |work=TheSpaceReview.com |first=Dan |last=Schrimpsher |date=2006-08-21 |access-date=2007-06-10}}</ref>  The company has launched the ''[[Genesis I]]'', [[Genesis II (space habitat)|''Genesis II'']], and [[Bigelow Expandable Activity Module|BEAM]] pathfinder spacecraft, with plans for additional experimental craft culminating in their ''[[BA 330]]'' production model and the [[Bigelow Commercial Space Station]].<ref name=pm20101028>
[http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/space/news/bigelow-aerospace-ba2100-hotel Bigelow Aerospace Shows Off Bigger, Badder Space Real Estate], ''[[Popular Mechanics]]'', 2010-10-28, accessed 2010-10-30.</ref>