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Pye-Rate · Starship Navigator Joined: 14 Dec 2013 Posts: 598

Don't forget the air tank.

http://www.popsci.com/welcome-inflatable-space-age

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:26 pm Post subject:

Oh my gosh, this is just plain silly! You can't inflate a space station in space!

There's no air! Shocked

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Pye-Rate · Starship Navigator Joined: 14 Dec 2013 Posts: 598

This silly, one standard air tank holds 50,000CF of air. That little balloon would need only 6.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:00 pm Post subject:

Pye-Rate · Starship Navigator Joined: 14 Dec 2013 Posts: 598

Cubic Feet, small air tanks ( 6ftx2ft) used in places like dive shops hold hold that much air.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2015 11:53 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info. That's interesting.
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Krel · Guest

Old concept. Back in the 60s, there were photos of prototype inflatable space stations in books on space travel.

David.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2015 12:44 pm Post subject:

I think one idea for this basic concept was to build the steel outer "hull" around inflatable cores to support the pieces until the framework was sufficiently stable to hold the overall shape.

Then the air-filled bags would become enclosed layers between the ridged inner and outer walls that insured an airtight seal.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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