inflatable spacecraft

[dt28469]

This technolgy looks very promising

[jaredknightcom]

SWEEt !!!

[EdouardDubois]

1:12

"You can think of it as... going from a pencil to a coke can."

While I really like the potential of this technology, I regrettably have to call bullsh*t on this comment. That analogy implies the diameter can double or even triple. In all of the prototypes launched so far, the payloads never expanded to more than 160% of their compact size.

[joachim2464]

we could have been on mars ny now. only thing stopping us is politics

[delidani]

@Jtownlegends lol

i said nothing about religion i way talking about spirituality its different

[delidani]

@Jtownlegends I think the key is to realize that you are not your body nether your personality its only a role your infinite soul plays

[delidani]

@Jtownlegends Its good to see you have done your research too:)

I exacly know what you are talking about.

Its not hard to understand how the society had been brainwashed by the media and by each other. They have they false idols which seems to be within reach, but even If you get everything you wanted to I dont think you will be happy because your ego will after the next achievement which makes you feel special for 3 days.

[delidani]

@Jtownlegends ok i have gathered lots of informations since i commented.

we already have technologies far beyond mainstream science.

You are right with that first we have to make things work here down here.

But its not really a question of money, i mean the current economic system is quite fake. If you want to learn more search for Project Camelot they have some very eye opening interviews I've been listening to them for a month now. I really recommend it.

[jcb570]

so there is houseing for mars and the moon

got to start somwhere looks good to me

[moonav]

YESSS !!!!! OBAMA YOUR AWESOME!!!!!!

[493175001]

Perfect for the Mars colony.

[TheKryze]

Imagine many years later - The human space fleet of inflatable balloons of death!

[greenheadjoe]

Imagine inflatable foods, inflatable shelters, inflatable cars, and inflatable laptops.

Forget about the inflatable human beings. We already have that.

[AgrivatedKillah]

@greenheadjoe hahahahahah @ inflatable human beings.

[2Luke]

fire and noise is impossible to occur in space... so all those star wars shooting effects in space are all bull... its all in silence!

[The4LA2Baker0]

@2Luke not sure what you mean. explosions are very possible in space.

There have been nuclear tests in space that have caused artificial radiation belts. Starfish Prime, a high altitude nuclear test, created an artificial radiation belt that damaged or destroyed as many as one third of the satellites in low earth orbit at the time.

[jacksawild]

@The4LA2Baker0 what a stupid thing that was to do. It was like giving children matches, its indescribable how foolish this was.

[The4LA2Baker0]

@jacksawild Yes, it was.

equally disturbing;

Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.

[candr]

@The4LA2Baker0

LOL theres one about 30 miles from my house down near Goldboro N.C. when a B-52 went down in 1961. Found some of one of the bombs but never did find the core, they finally just fenced in the area and made it off limits.

[candr]

@The4LA2Baker0 Of course that was in 1962 and there wasn't that many to begin with, if I remember there were 6 or 7 damaged. course this at least brought about new internatial laws about weapons in space a few years later in 67'

[purpleprinc3]

Good protection again'st radiation? Think I'd prefer 'total' protection...!

[Perfect64]

i'll not tell you about the constant bombardment of radiation from space that occurs in your body every day then?

[ImaginedNation]

@purpleprinc3 I'm not sure that you can have total protection from radiation, as I'm fairly sure more or less every piece of matter in the Universe actually causes radiation. Total protection against radiation would probably be a black hole, which has gravity so strong radiation cannot escape it.

Good protection therefore probably means a significant reduction in the levels of harmful types of radiation, to the point where it is no longer any more harmful than a ham sandwich.

[trutheality]

@ImaginedNation

Careful! A ham sandwich may be deadly if stored improperly!

[Intrabeldin]

a video on stuff in space and an Irish (i think?) narrator, it can't get any better than that!!

very cool tech also ;p

[Air420]

@Intrabeldin Scottish.

[peterthegreat86]

Who could have guessed the future would be something like this. :)

[john1966elliott]

Be careful about shower of Asteriods or Meteriods. You can't use Balloon Spacecraft in space. Too Dangerous !!!!!

[Trystera]

@john1966elliott Did you watch the part where they explained that the fabric was more durable than the metal shell of the International Space Station?

[YoLninYo]

Now you're talking! I've always wondered why they never used inflatable spacecraft. Let's face it, no amount of "metal" that you can cost-efficiently lift up can provide you protection from micro-meteorites etc. Not only that, inflatable compartments can be self-healing based on protective expanding layers.

Same should be done for moon bases etc. Need for metallic/rigid structures is merely psychological and we need to get away from it.

[robertwc82]

when i read the title i asked the obvious question about safety to myself, but then it ocurred to me that if you get hit by something flying at high speed through space, wether you are surrounded by metal or paper, either way you are fkt.

[wallofjustin]

very good

[nikobrown1990]

wow thats an amazing idea! i cant believe it wasnt thought of before, this is the future of space travel i guarantee it

[Buttmunch5000]

nasa invented this technology years ago, they had to sell it i think.

[nikobrown1990]

@Buttmunch5000 wow and they didnt invest?

thats seems a bit stupid, unless it doesnt work

[Buttmunch5000]

It was called nasa Transhab search for it, they had to stop research because of bdget constraints, all the groundwork was there and ready to go all bigelow did was build it.

[nikobrown1990]

@Buttmunch5000 u know ur stuff buddy, nice 1 - they should turn themselves into a plc and see how much the public want to invest in the idea

[SpelKille]

Brilliant.

[samipso]

Good luck getting the program running!

Thankfully Obama like many of us realizes we need private investors/companies to advance space aviation at a quicker rate.

[FrostGibbon]

yeah pretty much hoping wall e wont be come a reality lol

Obesity ol

[Zimy0]

Very exciting. :D

[Chronos014]

Obama's move was smart. More competition leads to better products. Look at the mobile phone industry after the launch of the iphone!!

[kpirooz92]

that's bullshit

[BloodyBBQ]

lol....the spacepillow ^^

but as an astronaut I would be a lil scared about what happens when fire comes up in the station.

[jimmytimtom]

@BloodyBBQ

fires can't occur in space. there is no oxygen. fire needs oxygen/heat/fuel.

but there are fire monkeys that shit cheese lurking around space. we'll cross dat bridge when we come to it.

[BloodyBBQ]

@jimmytimtom

i meant inside the spacecraft!

[BrainSeepsOut]

@jimmytimtom

What about a fire INSIDE the structure?

[TurboDally]

Now we need a cheaper way of getting into space...

[Nanovirus5995]

FOR SCIENCE!

[InfinityS60]

what about shielding? ...

[djsuperstar717]

that is so cool

[11moonelf]

he couldn't bring himself to compare it to going from a single wide to a double or triple wide trailer home?, haha!..well, i still say they really better NOT be hiding 'found' advanced tech while humans continue to risk life & limb, hurling through air & space in planes and rickety shuttle craft vehicles, lol!

[laserman]

0:29

I was imaging the animation getting really cute by having that antennae on the satellite poke a hole in the inflatable space vehicle and it goes flying away.

[mozart116]

Meh I don't think space travel will be real for another 100 years

[Shalek]

That is pretty awesome.

[Grzld]

is this why there shutting down the old space station?

[hgryphon]

Hey, wait a minute... I only need one person to reply and tell me about no air in space.

My main concern wasn't for actual FLAME, but a fire produces heat, and while the suit said the pod was kevlar-like, it didn't say kevlar. Now, I'm sure they've already thought about this, but I was concerned about it melting is all, which is why I said it needs testing, which the video says they're going to do.

Geez, over a dozen responses. Really, YouTube?

[11moonelf]

@ hgryphon: no worries, they just couldn't resist. Friday night is 'snack-time' for many a bored & tired post-work day citizen. :oD

[dafttool]

This is the wave of the future, I'm sure, but micrometeors still bother me dispite his assurances that the inflatables perform better than traditional metal capsules.

[madjimms]

This is pretty sweet stuff! , now wheres my healthcare?

[lejink]

@madjimms lol nice

[bazodee2]

neat, but do you wash that with whites or colors and can you throw it in a dryer?

[UncheckedIrony]

irish host?

[leejw00t354]

This is really good idea. I can really see this being used.

[plavins1]

man i hope these will replace iss!!!

[kilvertm]

It's cool of NASA to fund the shuttle development for them.

[superfisto]

I want the double-shell puncture resistant model

[Niosus]

it has a lot of layers. insulation, reinforcements... stuff like that.

[william899332]

FUCK YEH

[qup5]

Should be interesting to see the crew capsule that Boeing develops for them.

[bobishigh145]

She should be the narrator for all of the videos O_O

[hgryphon]

It looks like a cool idea, but... What about fire?

[robertghouston]

@hgryphon : Fire Resistant/Repellant Materials

[hgryphon]

I hope so, robertgrouston, but I want to see one survive while in orbit before I consider this a really cool idea. Then again, they are planning to test it, so it won't be a long wait. :)

[Jockberg]

Heat isolator on the inside? The kind that the racing suits are made from. :)

[Athaeus]

You didn't think they'd include protection against one of the biggest dangers for astronauts in space? It would of course be flameproof.

[hgryphon]

You never know, Athaeus. You never know. ;)

[JustAnAdjunct]

How's that any more of a concern with bigelow's hab modules than with the ISS modules? Fire in a spaceship is actually easy to put out. Just stop the air circulation system and it will go out, because it uses up all the oxygen around it.

[Billtcm]

The materials used, or at least safety protocols have been probably been developed to deal with that. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't spend this much on development overlooking something as simple as fire hazards.

[nintendopi]

It's probably fireproof.

[r0b0leadr]

there isn't air in space, so outside would be fine, but the inside...

eventually there's gonna be a crew in it so they can put out the fire....idk for sure

[LordZentei]

A fire would be a disaster in a traditional space station too, I'm not sure that a kevlar station is going to be any worse. Doesn't fire poison the air and damage sensitive equipment before anything else happens? :/

[EdouardDubois]

@hgryphon

I'd say the risks are probably quite similar to a rigid-hulled design. I suspect Kevlar is about as flammable as aluminum plates.

And like the guy said, Kevlar and layers of foam are a lot more meteor-resistant than thin plates of aluminum.

[Niosus]

no oxigen in space -> no fire even possible

[ace76543]

theres no such thing as fire in outser space. fire requires oxygen

[ace76543]

right there's oxygen on the inside....

there will probably be some sort of preventative measures on the inside to make sure that the fire doesn't reach the outer shell

[TigerSlashX]

things are not easy to burn in space and I am sure they are not flammable.

good point though.

[vincent7520]

sadly, they're not allowed to smoke up there !

(otherwise, what about fire in any closed space in a hostile enviroinment : eg. a small boat in the high seas !)

[themilkmister]

@hgry, fire? in space.......

[valdezmiguel2]

@mrlips007 mr.lips007 is fired, retarded and should shoot himself.

[Doviux09]

AWESOME!!! I love space development in the private sector :)

[delidani]

1step closer to space colonization:)

[0871356005]

at 0:50 why would you need a ladder. i mean you can just float up to the top.

[fuunguus]

True, but perhaps it's there to aid the astronauts in floating to the top floor. It's hard to swim in air, so to prevent them from coming off course in their attempt to float to the top I'm sure a ladder would help. These modules are much bigger than the ISS's modules. But yes it looks kinda pointless, especially when you think of the cost pr/kg to send things up in space, a fucking ladder? Hope it's made of very light material..

[LordZentei]

It's probably for holding on to and guiding your movement, to make it easier to float in the right direction.

[EdouardDubois]

@0871356005

It helps to have hand-rails even in zero-G. If you get stuck in the middle for some reason and have nothing but empty space or smooth surfaces to push against, it will take more time to move along than if you had a few hand-rails.

[niiidar]

This is a good development!

[OuterSpaceRave]

zomg wtf haha did you see that shit? haha

[spicyfart101]

@PageDown88 too late

[spicyfart101]

@PageDown88 too late

[aioo86]

I hate you!!