Spaceflight 🚀Feb 18, 2023

📆 2023/02/16 Four 4️⃣ private #SpaceStations planned

• #AxiomSpace
• #NorthropGrumman
• #VoyagerSpace / #Nanoracks
• #SierraSpace / #BlueOrigin

"It's going to be a small percentage that #NASA is going to be funding these #SpaceStations" so each project needs "to go out and raise #capital 💰 to do this." https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/16/investing-in-space-the-space-station-kingmaker.html

Several other #SpaceNews in this article : #FAA #SpaceX #IntuitiveMachines #CASC #Roscosmos #AerojetRocketdyne #Maxar #VirginOrbit #VirginGalactic #SpaceRyde #Inmarsat #Astranis #SidusSpace #RocketLab #RelativitySpace #AllSpace #Iridium #AerojetRockdyne #JAXA #SpaceCom

Pictures : "Langley engineers check out the interior of the #inflatable 24-foot #SpaceStation in 📆 1962.", #Bigelow #SpaceStation, #CrewDragon approaches #ISS Kibo laboratory https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Langley_engineers_inside_inflatable_a_24-foot_spacestation_mock-up.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bigelow_Aerospace_facilities.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crew-2_dragon_approach.jpg

Investing in Space: The space station kingmaker

Several U.S. companies are working to build orbiting habitats to replace the aging International Space Station, with NASA key to seeding the fledgling market.

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#ElPais 📆 06 Mar 2023 "The #inflatable🎈structures https://youtu.be/pGcdrxB2Qow are not as fragile as they might seem. They are constructed of a fabric similar to the Kevlar material used in #bulletproof vests, and their multiple layers offer a good degree of #radiation protection. There are plans to use them to build small #hotels for #SpaceTourism." https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2023-03-06/nasas-plans-for-the-end-of-the-iss-private-space-stations-and-hotels-with-an-earth-view.html

#SpaceHotel #Bigelow #SierraSpace #SpaceStation

LIFE Habitat | Successful Accelerated Systematic Creep Test for Extended Human Missions

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Mar 19, 2023 at 11:57pmWeb