ISS BEAMS module
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It's been announced that the Bigelow BEAMS module currently attached to the ISS is to have its stay extended by several years
https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/10/nasa-inf...
I wonder how long before Bigelow get one of their larger modules launched
https://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/10/nasa-inf...
I wonder how long before Bigelow get one of their larger modules launched
Article about Bigelow's proposed Lunar orbit module
http://spacenews.com/bigelow-and-ula-announce-plan...
http://spacenews.com/bigelow-and-ula-announce-plan...
Video presentation on the lunar orbit plan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a62_n1zo4I0&fe...
Note the ullage burn during refuelling to keep the fuel settled in the tanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a62_n1zo4I0&fe...
Note the ullage burn during refuelling to keep the fuel settled in the tanks
Edited by MartG on Thursday 19th October 10:52
Bigelow Aerospace has released images and details on a concept for a lunar surface base utilizing it's B330 expandable habitat module:
Can support a crew of 4 for a long duration stay, or six crew for 120 days
330 cubic meters of interior space.
Six crew quarters, including two galleys and two toilets
Two airlocks leading to "warehouse/garage" modules that can house equipment and rovers
https://bigelowaerospace.com/pages/firstbase/?fbcl...
Can support a crew of 4 for a long duration stay, or six crew for 120 days
330 cubic meters of interior space.
Six crew quarters, including two galleys and two toilets
Two airlocks leading to "warehouse/garage" modules that can house equipment and rovers
https://bigelowaerospace.com/pages/firstbase/?fbcl...
Article about Bigelow's latest test module designed for a trip to Mars
https://www.businessinsider.com/bigelow-aerospace-...
https://www.businessinsider.com/bigelow-aerospace-...
In other Bigelow news...
"Hot off the press!
The US Air Force has told US company Bigelow that there is a 5.6% chance that their drifting Genesis II “Habitat module” will collide with dead Soviet intelligence satellite Cosmos 1300 at around 4am (Eastern US time). They are both in low-Earth orbit and the resulting debris field could be a huge hazard to other spacecraft.
5.6% may not sound a high risk, but it’s basically a “Natural 20.” I’ve rolled enough of them to be worried.
Cosmos 1300 was launched by the USSR on August 24, 1981. It was one of hundreds of intelligence-gathering satellite that listened for radar signals of ground stations, ships, planes, etc so they could be tracked. Because of these satellites, many military vessels don’t use their radar so they won’t be detected. Cosmos 1300 has been dead, drifting space-junk for decades.
Genesis II was launched on June 28, 2007. US company Bigelow built the experimental inflatable habitation module as their plan to make smaller, lighter space stations that inflate to be very large. Recently one of their small modules was attached to the International Space Station and has been doing very well. One of the valuable things they learned from Genesis II was to what degree it expanded and contracted as it passed in and out of the sunlight. In 2010, the avionics failed and the ship has been uncontrollable since. This wasn’t unexpected, as it only had a (successful) 6-month mission to test inflatable space stations. Its orbit has been decaying ever since and it’s planned that it will burn up in five more years. Unless it collides with a cold-war Soviet spy satellite."
"Hot off the press!
The US Air Force has told US company Bigelow that there is a 5.6% chance that their drifting Genesis II “Habitat module” will collide with dead Soviet intelligence satellite Cosmos 1300 at around 4am (Eastern US time). They are both in low-Earth orbit and the resulting debris field could be a huge hazard to other spacecraft.
5.6% may not sound a high risk, but it’s basically a “Natural 20.” I’ve rolled enough of them to be worried.
Cosmos 1300 was launched by the USSR on August 24, 1981. It was one of hundreds of intelligence-gathering satellite that listened for radar signals of ground stations, ships, planes, etc so they could be tracked. Because of these satellites, many military vessels don’t use their radar so they won’t be detected. Cosmos 1300 has been dead, drifting space-junk for decades.
Genesis II was launched on June 28, 2007. US company Bigelow built the experimental inflatable habitation module as their plan to make smaller, lighter space stations that inflate to be very large. Recently one of their small modules was attached to the International Space Station and has been doing very well. One of the valuable things they learned from Genesis II was to what degree it expanded and contracted as it passed in and out of the sunlight. In 2010, the avionics failed and the ship has been uncontrollable since. This wasn’t unexpected, as it only had a (successful) 6-month mission to test inflatable space stations. Its orbit has been decaying ever since and it’s planned that it will burn up in five more years. Unless it collides with a cold-war Soviet spy satellite."
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