Inflation Is Good for This Proposed Space Station

摘要

O ne U.S. company is striving to build a com-mercial space station out of inflatable modules. Bigelow Aerospace, North Las Vegas, Nevada, is designing what it describes as "expandable spacecraft" that could serve as adjuncts to existing spacecraft or the building blocks for an entire complex in low earth orbit. Building on years of experience designing expandable space modules, the company's plans currently call for its base module, known as Sundancer, to be launched mid-decade.