Space superlight stations look like things from science-fiction films, but in reality they already exist and such is now being tested as an additional room at the International Space Station
Bigelow Aerospace announces a new kind of "vacation" in orbit around the Moon where it plans to "lift" a hotel for inflatables that could accommodate astronauts, but also ordinary citizens.
While only one room is currently being tested at the station, Bigelow wants a large B330 module to be in Moon's orbit for five years. Inflatable hotel above the moon
It is a very ambitious project, and the module itself would be as great as a third of the current space station that orbits above the planet Earth. In this "space hotel" could accommodate up to six people, but it could also be a base for business development on the Moon.
Robert Bigelow, owner of this space company, "Bigelow Aerospace" is also the hotel chain, and has been operating on inflatable modules since 1999. Their partner on this project will be the company "United Launch Alliance" (project Boeing and Lockheed Martin) who will be in charge of launching the module into space.
The great advantage of such a space station - the inflatable hotel is that it can be "pushed" in the rocket, and later it can spread in space. This system offers greater volume, safety and opportunities than aluminum alternatives.
The current module was thus delivered to ISS in the capsule, and after merging it spread to the size of a large room. In it, astronauts do not live, but use it to test air, test and analyze how effective it is to block radiation. NASA is considering and could hold it after two years of tests as a long-term repository because the module proved to be as efficient as solid structures.
Estimates are that such a project could cost about $ 2.3 billion, and Bigelow is also hoping to finance NASA.Otherwise, in Bigelow they think that in this module could be located astronauts who would fly to the planet Mars in some distant or near future!
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