Insert Howard Hughes Reference Here

Robert T. Bigelow, owner and operator of Bigelow Aerospace, is trying to create the world's (universe's?) first privately owned space station. This space station is to be rented out like terrestrial commercial real estate for research, training, and space tourism. The best part? The space station is a gigantic, inflatable living environment, not entirely dissimilar from the bouncy castle seen above, made of Kevlar and capable of being inflated in space.

Think I'm kidding? Two prototypes have already been launched and are readily circling the globe, and Bigelow has pledged another $400M for the project.