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Inflatable Space Station Prototype a Success

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the inflatables-in-spaaaaace dept.

Adam Weiss writes "The Genesis 1 inflatable space station prototype was launched last week from the Ukraine. Now, after a few days of forced silence, Bigelow Aerospace has announced that the mission is so far a complete success. Their website has a detailed description of the launch, as well as the first picture from the craft. For an account right from mission control, the Museum of Science in Boston has posted an interview with Eric Haakonstad, the Program Manager of the mission."

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  1. Re:Old News? by kjorn · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, at least they didn't hit the inflate button here on earth as see that some prankster had replaced their space station with the first orbital bouncy castle.

    Or some other inflatable, amusing and rude item :O hahaha

  2. Experimental Autopilot checks out positive! by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've just received word from my sources at Bigelow Aerospace that their experimental autopilot is working great! This inflatable technology is AWETHOME!

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  3. Re:Congrats, but... by I+Own+Things · · Score: 2, Funny

    It may look like a weather balloon now, but the next gen. is slated to resemble an absolutely huge woman ;)

  4. Imagine a Beowolf cluster of these... by AngryDill · · Score: 2, Funny
    It would be like Macys' parade!

    -a.d.-

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  5. From the Site's Marketing Questionnaire... by johnthorensen · · Score: 3, Funny

    4. If you had the opportunity to play a free game of bingo coming directly to you from the spacecraft with the possibility to win prizes, how often would you visit the site?

    WTF? Space Bingo? What kind of circus clown is running Bigelow Aerospace if this is their idea for making piles of cash with a manned spacecraft? And who the hell thought the target market for an aerospace venture would be my 70-year-old grandmother?

    Just goes to show why nerds work on the tech end of things, not the marketing...

    -JT

  6. Am I going to lose my job? by Abuzar · · Score: 1, Funny

    These foreign companies, man.

    It seems like every time I pick a profession, some foreign company is ready to take it over. At this rate, how much you wanna bet NASA outsources 60% of the Astronaut jobs to Ukraine?

    First, it was prostitution. Then EI pays me to upgrade to an IT Professional. What happens? The whole motherload of the IT profession gets shipped over to mama India. Why did I ever bother to immigrate here anyways? Could've just crossed the border and stayed in Bombay.

    Then, EI pays me to upgrade to an Astronaut. What happens? UKRAINE. That's what happens! Gesus-buggering-Kriste man, think I'd have some job security an Astronaut, eh? But, no sirreee! So like, what are they gonna pay me to upgrade to next? At 25, they should just cut me a pension and let me retire.

    Just as a side note, we could really use some other inflatable products up here, eh. How about a life-size replica of Asia Carrera?
    Shout out to Asia Carrera: Keep up the quantum research! ;-)