/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11987260
WHAT IS THE POINT OF 5 FUCKING ROCKETS TO CHOOSE FROM WHEN THERE IS NOTHING TO LAUNCH!?

At this point we need companies making shit to loft into orbit with these big new heavy rockets
>space stations
>telescopes
>spacecraft to assemble in orbit
>satellite tugs/refuelers/maintenance
>space debris collectors
>0g manufacturing facilities
>lunar stations/bases/rovers/landers

For fucks sake we're gonna run into a problem where we have a fleet of rockets but nothing to launch on them, especially now that Bigelow looks to be ded, and inflatable space habs were looking really promising and like a good use of those rockets and their large fairings

>>11398883
Bigelow holds so much promise, so much hype, can they actually pull it off? Inflatables seriously seem so much better and roomier and faster to set up a full working station for than each module being purpose built and sent up in pieces

>>10630799
Hell you can potentially launch 2 modules at once maybe

Imagine launching 2 inflatables nto space, inflating and docking them and having suddenly half the total pressurized volume of the ISS in 2 measly inflatables

>>10546554
godamn, expendables really could change things for the better, do away with the limits of cans and take space stations into a new and better direction, its crazy how its just one company exploring them right now, and even that was thanks to NASA's initial exploration that was defunded, fuck.

>>10505122
What does length of setup time matter to a station intended to be permanently in orbit? It would be setup and inflated before any crew arrives

I don't think NASA should be set on inflatables but the Lunar Gateway affords a really nice opportunity for Bigelow to test their larger inflatable habitat and maybe even have that become a permanent addition to the station like BEAM is, only permanent livable now too

Bigelow has potential, but it would be foolish to rely on inflatables solely at the outset I think.

>>10468535
>ramshackle tin cans in space orbit.

Why is everyone ignoring the inflatable meme?

>>8709187
Bigelow infaltable modules in space and on lunar/mars surface have me excited.

The idea of more space than in the entire ISS for less cost/weight and difficulty setting up is so incredible, I hope they hurry the fuck up with their designs, and that the modules prove rigid enough and safe enough against the outside environment.

Here's hoping BEAM is a success.