NASA will pay 17.8 million dollars to Bigelow Aerospace for testing an experimental habitat known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM. This model would be the company's third orbital prototype, but the first to be tested as part of a crewed spacecraft. The demonstration is not only expected to help Bigelow lease space to paying customers aboard its planned free-flying Earth-orbiting outposts, but also NASA, who is interested in the technology ...Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Inflatable Homes for Astronauts in Space
NASA will pay 17.8 million dollars to Bigelow Aerospace for testing an experimental habitat known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM. This model would be the company's third orbital prototype, but the first to be tested as part of a crewed spacecraft. The demonstration is not only expected to help Bigelow lease space to paying customers aboard its planned free-flying Earth-orbiting outposts, but also NASA, who is interested in the technology ...
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