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An established US company intends to build space stations in Earth's low orbit and for countries and individuals to hire to conduct experiments or "vacation".

Business Insider said Robert Bigelow , 72-year-old billionaire who has made billions of dollars from the Budget Suites of America hotel chain, has just launched a space service company named Bigelow Space Opereations (BSO).

Bigelow founded the company in 1999. The company develops hardware products for space technology. The same billionaire company has developed an inflatable room, called, that is attached to NASA's International Space Station (ISS) in 2016.

Model of the space station formed from BSO's two modules.(Photo: Bigelow Aerospace).

Now, Mr. Bigelow wants to join the newly opened company to commercialize the space and face NASA in building a "monster" space station . BSO intends to bring up 2 inflatable modules with a length of 16 m / module. These two modules, when connected, will form a space station.

Bigelow's company wants to sell to space countries to do experiments on orbit or for "booking" tourists on space.

"These single structures that can hold this permanent human being will be the largest and most complex structure ever known among the human space stations," BSO said in a statement.

The company will sell services in low-altitude Earth orbits, 400 km above the Earth.

"In terms of human use, we are still in a very early stage , " the company said.

Billionaire Robert Bigelow presents his space station project.(Photo: AP).

Business Insider recognizes that BSO was born in an unprecedented moment of the space industry. For years, NASA has transferred some control over space and time to use their space station for private companies.

President Donald Trump also called for further privatization of the space station and proposed a budget reduction for NASA to the lowest level in history. Trump also asked NASA to withdraw from global programs three years earlier, by 2025.

Meanwhile, space access costs are decreasing with the development of new missile systems.

The new BSO modules can accommodate 6 people. This module will be launched in a miniaturized state, then "pumped up" with breathable gas after entering orbit.