SpaceX to deliver Bigelow blow-up job to ISS astronauts

The Register ^ | March 14, 2015 | Lain Thompson

[Vince Ferrer]

Bigelow is a private company that makes space station modules. Like the race to drastically reduce launch costs in rockets, Bigelow is working to reduce costs for space station modules.

[left that other site]

That is a very strange title.

[When do we get liberated?]

Somehow I deduced that Deuce Bigelow had a new movie in space. So I clicked on it.

[who knows what evil?]

Is there room from a prayer rug?

[DoodleDawg]

Designed and manufactured by a private company. Launched into space by a private company. I shudder to think of what this would cost if NASA designed, built, and launched it.

[left that other site]

I like your screen name. :-)

[left that other site]

Eyew...what a deflating notion!

[impactplayer]

They would still be doing feasibility studies.

[telstar12.5]

...’bout damn time there is an alternative to Boeing beer cans to live in up there...

[beethovenfan]

Astronauts getting blow-up jobs... it was just a matter of time.

[BenLurkin]

[Mamzelle]

Except that the ISS doesn’t DO ANYTHING. Some rich dingbat diva is getting ready for her $52M joyride to the exclusive hotel in LEO.

[Vince Ferrer]

These Bigelow modules will be for LEO space stations and habitats, lunar bases, and Mars bases.

[Mastador1]

Is there room from a prayer rug?

There is a surprising amount of space................on the outside.

[cripplecreek]

The Bigelow modules are a great idea that should have been used for years.

[Mastador1]

I read to fast again, I thought it was “When do we get inebriated?”

[left that other site]

LOL!

[norwaypinesavage]

Somehow, this reminds me of the combat jet aircraft that carried an inflatable raft in the cockpit in case the pilot had to ditch over water. The result was several crashes that occurred when the device accidently inflated while in flight. The solution was to give each pilot a dagger, mounted near the control stick that could be used to deflate the raft. I wonder if the ISS is so equipped?

[Vince Ferrer]

To me it looks like the Jiffy Pop Popcorn things that you put on a stove top.

[Hacksaw]

Is there room from a prayer rug?

The entrance to that room is the air lock.