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Bigelow Nautilus: an "Inflatable" orbital station

Las Vegas, USA - The innovative NASA and Bigelow Aerospace's space structure should be put into orbit in 2010

NASA and Bigelow Aerospace of Las Vegas would intend to put into orbit, between 2005 and 2006, two scale models of what could become the new type of orbital station staring in 2010. It deals with the "Inflatable" station named Nautilus, mainly consisting of a carbon-made inflatable structure, able to ensure a series of advantages compared, for example, with the International Space Station (ISS). Among...

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