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Las Vegas Space Program (Pictures)
Some of you may have heard me mention the private space program being put together in Las Vegas by Robert Bigelow (Budget Suites of America). There is a cover story in Popular Science that is light on details and long on personal story (i.e., pretty useless from a space enthusiast's perspective). But it has some great pics!
Here's a mock-up of a Nautilus space station module.
And the inside of the mock-up.
Here's an artist's drawing of the potential use of the inside space.
Here's a rendering of a single-Nautilus space station.
And a rendering of a cruiser capable of moon fly-bys.
The concept for inflatable space station modules started with NASA's Transhab program that was canceled 5 or so years ago. Bigelow licensed NASA's technology and is running with the ball. He has a small staff that have put some flyable spacecraft together.
As I have stated in the past, the chances of Bigelow putting a series of stations into orbit is quite high. He already has ordered as many as 7 rocket flights (1 American; 6 Russian) for the test program.
Here's a mock-up of a Nautilus space station module.
And the inside of the mock-up.
Here's an artist's drawing of the potential use of the inside space.
Here's a rendering of a single-Nautilus space station.
And a rendering of a cruiser capable of moon fly-bys.
The concept for inflatable space station modules started with NASA's Transhab program that was canceled 5 or so years ago. Bigelow licensed NASA's technology and is running with the ball. He has a small staff that have put some flyable spacecraft together.
As I have stated in the past, the chances of Bigelow putting a series of stations into orbit is quite high. He already has ordered as many as 7 rocket flights (1 American; 6 Russian) for the test program.
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