January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
...six US companies developing full-sized ground prototypes and concepts for deep space habitats under NASA’s NextSTEP-2 partnerships programme. As the demand for deep space services increases, a virtuous cycle that funds additional supply should emerge...
March 2026
Humanity – the potential of space
... we can build anything as large as we want, eventually, these capabilities will enable the construction of massive free-floating space habitats that can sustain human life indefinitely. As these industries mature, they will reshape the global economy...
April 2018
Servicing the space economy
... an architecture for his Mars colonisation plan. The leading space faring nations of the world are discussing a possible deep space habitat that would orbit the Moon. This habitat could be supplied by private logistics companies. And all of this...
July 2018
Using algae to support astronauts on deep space missions
...produced by algae in our oceans, so why not try to duplicate those biological processes as a life support system in a space habitat? Perhaps surprisingly, the idea of implementing an algal photobioreactor to do just this is not new. In fact, research...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
... with the authorising authority would be possible when determining the authorisation conditions. A concept for a space station using the B330 expandable space habitat manufactured by Bigelow Aerospace. The design was evolved from NASA’s TransHab...
30 May 2016
BEAM module fully expanded on ISS
... the module will remain undisturbed. BEAM will be at the International Space Station for a period of at least two years, during which testing on the use of expandable modules for deep space habitats and commercial space stations will be conducted.
