The next big milestone comes in 2020 when NASA should make a more official decision about the kind of habitat it wants. “So I think Mars will be all in good time.”The habitat could also stay a bit closer to home. Their B330 that this tweet references is another inflatable space habitat that they are looking to launch two of in the 2020 time frame. For example, the pressurised volume of a 23-tonne B330 module is The exterior of the craft is intended to be 16.88 meters (55 ft) long by 6.7 meters (22 ft) in diameterThe wall thickness will be approximately 0.46 metres (18 in) when the module is fully expanded. At launch, the B330 will be compressed enough to fit inside a 16.5-foot-wide (5 m) payload fairing. Many layers into the shell is a layer of super-strong woven Kevlar that holds the module's shape. “These TV screens make them obsolete.” While the press got a tour of Bigelow’s hardware, various NASA astronauts were also checking out the goods. But one particular location is on Bigelow’s mind: “The Moon is the main target at the moment,” he said.NASA is in a race against itself to get humans back to the surface of the Moon by 2024, and the Gateway is a critical part of the space agency’s plans.
The agency is going to attach a much larger habitat where astronauts can work, relax, eat, and sleep. “This is all part of what could be a lot of fun to broadcast is the whole training regime,” he said. Bigelow Aerospace Announces the Creation of Bigelow Space Operations "Las Vegas, NV (February 20, 2018) - Bigelow Aerospace is excited to introduce Bigelow Space Operations (BSO), a new commercial space company that is the sales, operational and customer service company that manages and operates space stations developed by Bigelow Aerospace. Future tourists could agree to be part of a reality show contest where they compete to train and then launch to space. It can go anywhere. The interior of a B330 expandable space module. The habitat is designed to be a giant, space-faring industrial-strength balloon. Walkways, stairs, and handrails were all there to help us earthlings get around, but in space, as their labels indicated, they would not exist. “It’s not just going back to the Moon. The way to the Moon is through the Gateway. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. The way to Mars is to the Moon. During this period, Some of the concepts were highly impressive, not least the huge Olympus Carrier module.Bigelow’s Olympus Carrier – provided to NSF with permission from Bigelow AerospaceHowever, the B330 was highlighted as both highly capable and with the ability to be lofted on a single launch.While this work was ongoing, Bigelow Aerospace was already working towards a demonstration module that could be launched on a BEAM during its expansion on the ISS after installation – via NASAIt was then expanded and was set to remain in the ISS for only a matter of months. However, Genesis II had more capabilities, including the addition of 10 cameras; bringing the total number of internal and external cameras to 22. It would be a first step toward transitioning the government-run ISS to a more commercialized station.However, those plans are no longer in the works, according to Bigelow. “To get into the whole advertising, entertainment, sponsorship, the whole enchilada. The more realistic goal is getting into lunar orbit. Bigelow has been working on the Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) that is was building for the International Space Station (ISS).