"A few guys came to the store and said, 'We want 2,000 capsules.' When the manager asked why, they said they were from Nestl?nd had the right to buy," Mr. Gaillard said.
"A few guys came to the store and said, 'We want 2,000 capsules.' When the manager asked why, they said they were from Nestlé and had the right to buy," Mr. Gaillard said.
"Assuming the business case is right, we're all in," said Keith Reiley, program manager for Boeing's capsule development.
The identities of the capsules were revealed by the pharmacy manager at the conclusion of the study.
After graduating, he worked for McDonnell Aircraft as project manager for the Gemini IV capsule.
Keith Reiley, the program manager at Boeing for the capsule, said he was not very familiar with Bigelow's space station plans, but was impressed with what Bigelow has contributed to Boeing's capsule.
"The spacecraft looks good, there are no specific issues we're working on with Orion," said Mike Hawes, Orion program manager for Lockheed Martin, which built the capsule.
Sue Gross, the ex-wife of billionaire money manager Bill Gross, paid $20 million for a midcentury time capsule on North Alpine Drive.
Despite the setback, project manager Jun'ichiro Kawaguchi vowed to try everything possible to retrieve the capsule.
The construction of the capsule alone is employing about 300 people now, said Jules Schneider, a senior manager for Lockheed Martin's Orion space capsule operations.
