> From: Terry Blanton > >> "Wanna take a ride?" > > S.R. Hadden (John Hurt) "Contact" > > http://www.turning-pages.com/contact/journey.htm
I guess I should explain this somewhat vague reference also. S.R. Hadden is said to represent Robert Bigelow just as Ellie (Jodie Foster) represents Jill Tartar of SETI. Now, Bigelow has recently pulled funding from the National Institute of Discovery Science: http://www.nidsci.org/ to fund his space hotel venture: http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/ So, it's not inconceivable that Virgin Galactic and Bigelow Aerospace could do what Sir Clarke envisioned in 2001, albeit to a lesser degree. (I think the orbital space plane in 2001 had a Pan Am logo, tho.)
