/sci/ - Science & Math

Dumping BA space stations.

yes. I dont understand /sci space pesimism at all, with such numbers.

Bump, come on guys this is actually interesting shit.

Let's add Bigelow into this mix shall we?

Spaceflight Thread!
Personally I think that the future of manned spaceflight is a corporate affair.
NASA does not do the the things required to make space colonization, the end
goal of space exploration possible. For example they don't find ways of driving down the
cost of space access. But the falcon 9 rocket can take more then the space shuttle to
LEO at less then 1/10 of the cost, and can actually go to GEO.


Also the private sector is about to surpass the ISS is volume at least. Bigelow aerospace
is working on the sundancer inflatable space module. It can hold 3 people long term 6 people
short term. The thing is each one costs less then 100 million(assumed because to BA 330 costs 100 million).
This makes is possible to construct a space station far bigger then the ISS at a small fraction of the cost.