Uh-oh…

Bigelow Aerospace lays off all employees: Report

The manufacturer of expandable/inflatable space station habitats has laid off the entire workforce, in part due to the Kung Flu. They claim they’ll rehire everyone once the current crisis is over, but people involved seem unconvinced.

A damned shame if this is the end. While their progress has been creakingly slow (I flew to Vegas for an interview with Robert Bigelow his own self well over twenty years ago), they have nonetheless orbited three inflatable habs that have seemed to be pretty successful.