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Model of Inflatable Space Station to Launch Feb 16

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the long-term-thinking dept.

alex writes "A Russian rocket will launch a 1/3 scale model of of the Bigelow inflatable space station a week from Friday, according to The Space Fellowship. This prototype will carry a thousand personal objects donated by Bigelow Aerospace employees. If all goes well, another prototype should go up by September, and non-Bigelow-employee enthusiasts might be able to contribute their own garbage--err, personal items--to the project. (Via Futurismic)"

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  1. Micrometeorites? by gmuslera · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In space, no one can hear balloons exploding (and you screaming inside)

  2. Don't hit the Piñata by Ana10g · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Okay, so when this demonstration is over, what are they going to do with all that crap when the piñata pops? More orbital junk?

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  3. Re:Replace "February 16th" with "June 16th" by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    are you sure you don't mean April 1st?

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