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Энтузиасты нарыли патентные рисунки с очень похожей формой
(только стыкуется надувной шлюз на АПАС вместо СВМ)

[Космос-3794]

60-дневное пребывание на борту станции Альфа с доставкой на  Falcon 9-Dragon - $26.25 млн. с человека, с доставкой на Atlas V- CST-100 - $36.75 млн.
Двухмесячная аренда трети жилого объема модуля BA-330 - $25 млн. Права на наименование станции в течении года - $25 млн.

Visitors to Bigelow Aerospace's planned orbital outpost can save more than $10 million by choosing to fly aboard a Space Exploration Technologies' (SpaceX) Dragon capsule instead of a Boeing CST-100 space taxi, a price difference that may foreshadow what NASA would be charged to fly astronauts to the international space station by the commercial providers.
Both companies' capsules are being developed under NASA's Commercial Crew Development program, which is aimed at finding a U.S. alternative to flying astronauts on Russian Soyuz spacecraft, a service that costs about $63 million per person and which currently is the only transportation to the station available since the retirement of the space shuttles in 2011.
A third commercial space taxi backed by NASA, Sierra Nevada Corp.'s winged Dream Chaser, is not suited for flights to Bigelow's planned habitats, which require crew and cargo on the same mission, company founder and president Robert Bigelow told SpaceNews.
A round-trip ride and 60-day stay aboard Bigelow's planned Alpha Station, an inflatable habitat based on technology originally developed by NASA, would cost between $26.25 million and $36.75 million depending on which transportation provider a client chooses.
"For countries, companies, or even visiting individuals that wish to utilize SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule, Bigelow Aerospace will be able to transport an astronaut to the Alpha Station for only $26.25 million," Bigelow Aerospace wrote in newly released marketing materials.
"Using Boeing's CST-100 capsule and the Atlas V rocket, astronauts can be launched to the Alpha Station for $36.75 million per seat," the company said.
A third option is for Boeing to launch its capsule on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, Robert Bigelow added in an interview with SpaceNews.
"We expect those figures to be maintained, if they are not going to be reduced, which they may, through the rest of the decade — 2019 or 2020," he said.
Any of those alternatives would be less than the price Russia and its U.S. partner Space Adventures charge to fly privately paying passengers to the space station. The last adventure traveler to make the trip, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte, reportedly paid about $40 million for an 11-day spaceflight in 2009.
NASA and Boeing have declined to disclose what rides on CST-100 capsules will eventually cost. SpaceX has said its target price for crewed Dragon flights is $140 million, which breaks down to $20 million per seat if the maximum number of seven crewmembers are aboard.
In addition to transportation costs, Bigelow Aerospace unveiled fees to lease space aboard its planned BA-330 modules. A two-month block of time for one-third of a habitat, which is about the equivalent volume of one space station laboratory, will cost $25 million.
The company is targeting countries, space agencies and research institutes not currently involved in human spaceflight. It has preliminary agreements with organizations in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, Japan, Sweden and the United Arab Emirate of Dubai.
Clients can use Bigelow habitats for autonomous or remotely controlled experiments, or they could fly company astronauts or private individuals to operate them. Customers also can sublease their space and resell their seats, Bigelow said.
Other revenue could come from promotions, marketing, advertising and naming rights to the station. For example, Bigelow wants $25 million for naming rights to the full station or $12.5 million for half the station per year.
That part of the business is in its early stages.
"Our first thing was to gear up leasing-purchasing agreements and we just finished that," Bigelow said.
"This (transportation costs) has been a moving target. Only late last year did we get the definitive numbers that we've been satisfied will hold still, that we think are going to be good, from these companies,"
In addition to two prototypes already in orbit, Bigelow has an agreement with NASA to attach a third test module to the international space station. Launch of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, is targeted for 2015.
Depending on funding, SpaceX and Boeing plan to have their spaceships certified and ready to be put into service before the end of 2017. By then, NASA may not be their only customer. Bigelow is hoping to launch its first operational module in 2016.

http://www.spacenews.com/article/bigelow%E2%80%99s-fares-show-spacex-trumps-boeing-on-price#.UQrTbL83YhU

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А что за станция АльфА такая?    уже 12 лет как нет такой буквЫ    


Спасибо хорошие люди подсказали - не станция Альфа, а Bigelow Alpha station это два пузыря ВА330.
А вот и иллюстрация - Боинг и Спейсекс рвут Бигелоу на части 

[Fordevind]

Отличная концепция станции для мерикан которая будет после МКС.
Есть куда летать капсулам которые сейчас создаются.
Есть прямой стимул снижать стоимость доставки людей и грузов на орбиту, а также стоимость эксплуатации самой космической станции.
Отработка технологии надувных модулей для дальнейшего их использования на окололунной орбите и при строительстве марсианского корабля.

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Ну вот когда до Гаммы дойдут тогда и будет видно, насколько хороша концепция.
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Почему фордак с V  вместо W?

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У Бигелова вебмастер вышел на работу и разместил материал про Пузырька Бимку одной большой картинкой.
http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/images/BEAM_Media_Brief20.png
http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/beam_media_brief.php

[Yutani]

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Yutani пишет:

Ну какбы повтор видеовизуального ряда предыдущей страницы ))
Вот еще повтор - новости Лас Вегаса того же времени.
 

[Valerij]

NASA разместило у себя на сайте бизнеспредложение на разработку и производство стыковочного узла для BEAM.
   

PASSIVE COMMON BERTHING MECHANISM - PCBM
   
Synopsis/Solicitation Combo - Mar 18, 2013
On-Line RFQ - Posted on Mar 18, 2013
PCBM SOW - Posted on Mar 18, 2013
   
General Information Solicitation Number:   NNH13462552Q
Posted Date:   Mar 18, 2013
FedBizOpps Posted Date:   Mar 18, 2013
Recovery and Reinvestment Act Action:   No
Original Response Date:   Apr 08, 2013
Current Response Date:   Apr 08, 2013
Classification Code:   18 -- Space vehicles
NAICS Code:   336419


Contracting Office Address
 
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Headquarters Acquisition Branch, Code 210.H, Greenbelt, MD 20771

Description
 
 NASA/HQ has a requirement for a Contractor to provide and install a Passive Common Berthing Mechanism onto the inflatable section of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) payload.

 This notice is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared in accordance with the format in FAR Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation, which is issued as a Request for Quotation (RFQ); quotes are being requested and a written solicitation will not be issued. Offerors are required to use the On-Line RFQ system to submit their quote. The On-line RFQ system is linked above or it may be accessed at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/bizops.cgi?gr=C&pin= . The information required by FAR Subpart 12.6 is included in the on-line RFQ.

 The Government intends to acquire a commercial item using FAR Part 12 and the Simplified Acquisition Procedures set forth in FAR Part 13.

 Questions regarding this acquisition must be submitted in writing (e-mail is preferred) no later than March 28, 2013. (Prospective quoters shall notify this office of their intent to submit a quotation). It is the quoter's responsibility to monitor this site for the release of amendments (if any). Potential quoters will be responsible for downloading their own copy of this notice, the on-line RFQ and amendments (if any).

 NASA Clause 1852.215-84, Ombudsman, is applicable. The Center Ombudsman for this acquisition can be found at http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/pub/pub_library/Omb.html
   

http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=155430
   
Там есть ПДФки, но у меня траблы с инетом.

[Valerij]

Это сообщение мембера AnalogMan на тему предыдущего постинга с паралельного форума. Наибольший интерес представляют сроки:
   

NASA has just issued a Request for Quotation (RFQ) for a Passive Common Berthing Mechanism (PCBM) to be manufactured and installed on the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) payload for the ISS.

The Statement of Work (SoW) confirms that the BEAM will be berthed to Node 3 aft facing port.

Tasks/milestones are as follows:

• CAD modelling, Analysis, Manufacture & Acceptance Testing

   • CAD files (Pro-E compatible) delivered to NASA [+3 months]
   • Analysis of PCBM to BEAM bolts loading (ground & Dragon environments)[+5 months]
   • Manufacture and Acceptance Testing of PCBM [+12 months]
     - Delivery of manufacturing records
     - Delivery of Acceptance Test Results
     - Delivery of final stress report
   • Delivery of PCBM to JSC personnel at Bigelow Aerospace (in Las Vegas) [+14 months]

• PCBM Preparation of Procedures, Installation & Leak Check

   • Delivery of installation & leak check procedures [30 days prior to PCBM delivery]
   • Attachment of PCBM to BEAM & delivery of installation records [no timing given]
   • Leak check of PCBM to BEAM interface & delivery of report [+16 months]

All timings are given from Authorization to Proceed (ATP).  RFQ responses are currently required by April 8, 2013.

Synopsis is available at:
http://prod.nais.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/eps/synopsis.cgi?acqid=155430

I've attached the Statement of Work as a pdf.
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=30797.0;attach=503512

http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30797.msg1027946#msg1027946

[Lanista]

Мембера ля, Валерий, вас смущает слово член?

[Valerij]

Lanista пишет:
Мембера ля, Валерий, вас смущает слово член?

Во первых, слово "член" меня не смущает. Во вторых, если переводить на русский, то слово "участник" будет намного ближе по значению.
В третьих, параллельный форум англоязычный, так что слово "мембер" вполне на месте и не доставляет читающему трудностей при чтении.

[Gaetanomarano]

Full Member

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месседж мембера на топик постинга...

[Valerij]

Информация пока не официальная, но очень интересная:
Бигелоу и НАСА подготовили проект соглашения на разработку жилого лунного модуля...
   

Bigelow Aerospace and NASA said to have lunar project agreement
April 11 2013 04:40:03 PM | by Clark Lindsey, Managing Editor
   
Here's a report that Bigelow Aerospace and NASA will announce a plan for placing a BA habitat on the Moon:

George Knapp: To infinity — and beyond! - Las Vegas CityLife http://lasvegascitylife.com/sections/opinion/knappster/george-knapp-infinity-%E2%80%94-and-beyond.html
NASA to announce Bigelow agreement to 'place a base on the surface of the moon' - Spaceports http://spaceports.blogspot.com/2013/04/nasa-to-announce-bigelow-agreement-to.html
   
Knapp says,

Business deals don't get much bigger than this one. Have you ever read a contract that gives a governmental green light to a program to "place a base on the surface of the moon?" Ever see an agreement signed by the U.S. government that declares a specific goal "to extend and sustain human activities across the solar system?" Me, either.

Yet that is essence of an adventurous deal already reached between NASA and Las Vegas space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow. An official announcement is still a few days away and will likely happen during a news conference at NASA headquarters. In the meantime, I have a draft copy of what could be an historic contract, one that reads like a Kubrick screenplay or an Arthur C. Clarke story. It is flat-out otherworldly.

This would seem to contradict NASA administrator's recent comments about NASA not returning to the Moon, though maybe this is only involves the agency supporting a commercial venture rather than leading one.

http://www.newspacewatch.com/articles/bigelow-aerospace-and-nasa-said-to-have-lunar-project-agreement.html

[Valerij]

Другое сообщение на ту же тему:
 

George Knapp: To infinity — and beyond!
7:43 pm - April 10, 2013 — Updated: 5:38 pm - April 12, 2013

Business deals don't get much bigger than this one. Have you ever read a contract that gives a governmental green light to a program to "place a base on the surface of the moon?" Ever see an agreement signed by the U.S. government that declares a specific goal "to extend and sustain human activities across the solar system?" Me, either.
 

 
Yet that is essence of an adventurous deal already reached between NASA and Las Vegas space entrereneur Robert Bigelow. An official announcement is still a few days away and will likely happen during a news conference at NASA headquarters. In the meantime, I have a draft copy of what could be an historic contract, one that reads like a Kubrick screenplay or an Arthur C. Clarke story. It is flat-out otherworldly.

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Bigelow made his fortune building apartment buildings and weekly-rental hotel rooms in Las Vegas. In 1999, he launched what must have seemed a pipe dream at the time — his own private space program. But within a few short years he stunned the aerospace world by launching two of his own locally built spacecraft, both of which still circle the Earth (and one of which contains my weightless, floating business card). The focus of Bigelow Aerospace is an expandable module, small and light enough to make for less expensive launches but so strong and durable when expanded to full size that it accomplishes what NASA has been unable to do on its own: It puts more space in space, that is, more room for companies and governments to work, live and conduct research.

Back in January, NASA bigwigs came to Bigelow's main plant to announce a landmark deal that calls for one of Bigelow's modules to be attached to the International Space Station (ISS) within two years. Bigelow used that occasion to let slip some even bigger news — the fact that he is spending $250 million of his own money to build a private space station, larger than the ISS, and that he plans to have it in low-Earth orbit by 2016. What few knew at the time was that he was secretly negotiating an even bigger deal with NASA, one that represents a fundamental, across-the-board change in our approach to space.

NASA has been coasting for a long time, kept alive by the now-distant memory of the moon landings and less spectacular but more important missions such as the Hubble and unmanned probes to Mars and beyond. Basically, NASA has become a job-protection racket, spending public dollars on programs and ideas that always seem to get cancelled. For instance, we spent tens of billions on the ISS but no longer have a way to get there.

The long-term answer has been well-known to NASA and the private space industry for a long time: Figure out how NASA can get out of the way and help private companies take the next step by commercializing space. Make it profitable for Americans to be up there, doing things that will ultimately benefit Earth. Few individuals in the aerospace world have been more critical of NASA than Bigelow, which makes the pending agreement all the more remarkable.

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In a nutshell, NASA has decided that the best way to get Americans and American companies back into space is for the government to partner with private enterprise. To provide technical expertise and legal authority for bright, ambitious entrepreneurs to spend their own money on endeavors that will not only re-establish American supremacy in space but also get started on truly exciting long-range projects, including private space stations, as well as permanent bases on the moon, on Mars and beyond.

NASA has picked Bigelow Aerospace to be a linchpin of this new strategy. The agreement will formalize a series of strategic goals and timetables for the next Space Race. Bigelow's company would become a clearinghouse of sorts. Its first assignment: to identify which other companies would be most valuable for NASA's long-range goals, including permanent bases on other celestial bodies, the exploration of the most distant parts of our solar system, and commercial projects that could stimulate the U.S. economy. This is a marriage of American know-how, practical business goals and good, old-fashioned adventure.

Bigelow told me about some of the details in a radio interview a few days ago, but he is saving most of the specifics until NASA makes a formal announcement. Fr om what I have seen, though, it is not hard to imagine our little desert community becoming the heart and soul of a wonderful new initiative that could inspire a new generation of explorers and pioneers who literally will go wh ere no human has gone before.

THE WALKING MAN

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Back when he was still a 22-year-old pup, future Las Vegas businessman John Cushman got the wild idea to take a little walk ... from New York to San Diego. He did it to raise funs for Jerry's Kids. It took him a mere 49 days to accomplish the feat, which means he averaged 60 miles per day. That's a lot of walking.

Though he had only a few sponsors, Cushman raised a hefty chunk of dough for MDA. One sponsor was Southland Corp., better known as 7-Eleven. Another was a then-fledgling shoe company called Adidas, which donated the six pairs of athletic shoes he wore out during his jaunt.

Here we are, many years later. Cushman is now 60, a little grayer, a bit slower, but still interested in making a difference. So he's going to do it again. But this time, he hopes to raise a lot more money and a lot of awareness too, especially if his trip is turned into a reality-TV show or is updated online each day.

Cushman has outlined an ambitious proposal and a list of possible sponsors, everything from shoe manufacturers to RV suppliers, cell-phone companies, you name it. He already has some nibbles from Hollywood folks, who are not only interested in seeing if John can survive a walk like this, but also are hoping the venture would focus on Cushman's other primary interest — the paranormal.

Among his side ventures is a nonprofit outfit that stages Dinners with a Ghost in the old town of Goldfield. Cushman's ghost-hunting venture is helping Goldfield preservationists raise funds to save the old schoolhouse and restore other quickly-decaying historical structures in one of our state's most interesting towns. Cushman says he will use his reality show/walkabout to raise awareness for historic preservation causes, and Goldfield in particular. And he might even hustle up a ghost or two along his route.

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GEORGE KNAPP is a Peabody Award-winning investigative reporter for KLAS Channel 8. Reach him at gknapp@klastv.com.

http://lasvegascitylife.com/sections/opinion/knappster/george-knapp-infinity-%E2%80%94-and-beyond.html

[Valerij]

Bigelow, NASA Explore Lunar Private-Public Partnerships
Posted by Doug Messier on April 19, 2013, at 11:08 am in News
   

   
Irene Klotz at Space News has the details of a new Space Act Agreement between NASA and Bigelow Aerospace to study missions beyond low Earth orbits and the exploration and settlement of the moon:

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"The purpose of this agreement is to facilitate and explore, in a manner that meets both national and commercial goals and objectives, joint public-private arrangements that would continue to build the ability for humans to live and work in space through the expansion of exploration capabilities beyond low Earth orbit," the agreement says.

"The partnership continues to foster increased commercial use and research in low Earth orbit on the ISS and with Bigelow Aerospace's private sector near-term plans to design, develop and operate in low-Earth orbit a commercial space station capability. It is coupled with private sector long-term plans of beyond low-Earth orbit operations, including those of Bigelow Aerospace to place a lunar base on the surface of the moon," the agreement says...

Under the new Space Act Agreement, which offers no monetary payments to Bigelow from NASA, Bigelow will assess potential options for public and private human space expeditions beyond low Earth orbit, with the goal of giving NASA some lower-cost blueprints for exploration initiatives.

For example, a lunar base that NASA buys or leases might double as a commercial outpost, Bigelow said.

Read the full story (registration required).http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/34937nasa-opens-door-to-commercial-partnerships-on-the-moon

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http://www.parabolicarc.com/2013/04/19/bigelow-nasa-explore-lunar-private-public-partnerships/

[Valerij]

Text of the NASA/Bigelow Space Act Agreement
By Keith CowingPosted April 22, 2013 10:10 AM
   

   
The purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate and explore, in a manner that meets both national and commercial goals and objectives, joint public/private arrangements that would continue to build the ability for humans to live and work in space through the expansion of exploration capabilities beyond low Earth orbit.

Full document   http://images.spaceref.com/news/2013/BeyondLEOSAA.pdf

SPACE ACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND
BIGELOW AEROSPACE, LLC
FOR BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT

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ARTICLE 1. AUTHORITY AND PARTIES

In accordance with the National Aeronautics and Space Act (5 1 U.S.C. 20113), this Agreement is entered into by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, located at 300 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20546 (hereinafter referred to as "NASA") and Bigelow Aerospace, LLC located at 4640 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 891 19 (hereinafter referred to as "Bigelow" or "Partner"). NASA and Partner may be individually referred to as a "Party" and collectively referred to as the "Parties."

ARTICLE 2. PURPOSE

The purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate and explore, in a manner that meets both national and commercial goals and objectives, joint public/private arrangements that would continue to build the ability for humans to live and work in space through the expansion of exploration capabilities beyond low Earth orbit. By conducting this joint effort, the Parties build on their experience and their mutual recognition of the value of a human presence and exploration development in low Earth orbit, ranging outward fr om Bigelow Aerospace's existing contract with NASA to conduct a technology demonstration of expandable structures on the International Space Station ("ISS") to significant private sector involvement and operations in beyond low Earth orbit including cislunar space and beyond. The partnership continues to foster increased commercial use and research in low earth orbit on the ISS and with Bigelow Aerospace's private sector near term plans to design, develop, and operate in low earth orbit a commercial space station capability. In addition, it is coupled with private sector long-term plans of beyond low earth orbit operations including those of Bigelow Aerospace to place a lunar base on the surface of the Moon. The Parties hereby agree to embark on a series of phased activities to achieve the initial objective of, assessing and defining potential options wh ere public and private investments enable missions and broader objectives, including exploration capabilities beyond low earth orbit.

The Parties agree that, similar to tile progress that has been made with low Earth orbit, there is potential for commercial involvement to provide economic expansion beyond government investment and potentially enable dramatically reduced costs in beyond low earth orbit activities. This joint involvement between human space exploration and commercial enablinghtilization can provide synergy and enable missions in concert with national capabilities and technology investments, such as the NASA's Orion and Space Launch System capabilities.

At the most fundamental level, the benefit that this partnership provides to NASA is captured in the Strategic Goals of the Agency:

- Strategic Goal 1 : Extend and sustain human activities across the solar system

- Strategic Goal 3: Create innovative new space technologies for our exploration, science, and economic future

- Strategic Goal 6: Share NASA with the public, educators, and students to provide opportunities to participate in our Mission, foster innovation, and contribute to a strong national economy

Per Article 5(B)(1), NASA will engage in outward facing communications intended to highlight the importance of the work being conducted under this Agreement and to encourage broad participation. Due to Bigelow Aerospace's unique position in the commercial space industry apd its ongoing outreach efforts, NASA chose to implement this Agreement without competition, and therefore this Agreement is entered into on a nonexclusive basis.

ARTICLE 3. BACKGROUND

NASA initially developed the concept of expandable space habitats for use during long in-space human transit and operational periods. It was further refined for use in the TransHab module project for the ISS and is currently under commercial'development by Bigelow Aerospace. In , addition to providing large amounts of usable volume, these habitat structures showed promise in reducing the effects of radiation, lowering launch mass requirements, and requiring smaller amounts of rocket fairing space than traditional metallic structures. When NASA chose to no longer pursue the TransHab module for the ISS, the technology's appeal remained strong in the commercial sector, and in the spring of 1999, expandable habitats received a commercial beginning with the founding of Bigelow Aerospace. Bigelow Aerospace's President and Founder, Robert T. Bigelow, committed to funding a commercial development effort, and executed an exclusive licensing agreement with NASA for the Agency's TransHab patents.

NASA continued to support expandable habitat technology development and technology transition through a series of Space Act Agreements with Bigelow Aerospace: SAA-HA-02- 25(4/2002-11/2004), SAA-HA-04-46(10/2004-5/2006), SAA-AT-06-0 17(6/2006 - 4/2009), and the current agreement SAA-EA-09-002(4/2009 - 3/2014).

During this time Bigelow Aerospace proceeded to conduct initial design and development work that led into the first flight program for expandable structures, the Genesis missions, under which expandable habitat prototypes would be constructed, launched, and demonstrated in an actual orbital environment. Bigelow Aerospace contracted with the joint Russia-Ukrainian launch company ISC Kosmotras to deploy its spacecraft via the Dnepr rocket. The launch of Genesis I took place on July 12, 2006. The launch, deployment, and operation of Genesis I exceeded Bigelow Aerospace's expectations and generated invaluable performance data. The success of Genesis I was a critical first step toward validating the promise of expandable habitats and dramatically raised the system's Technology Readiness Level. To gain further experience with expandable habitats and go a step beyond Genesis I, a second similar sub-scale prototype, Genesis 11, was launched on June 28, 2007. The Genesis I1 launch, deployment, and operation was also all very successful and Bigelow Aerospace yet again demonstrated expandable habitats and increased its engineering expertise in an actual orbital environment.

As NASA reached the completion of assembly of the ISS, NASA shifted to increase utilization of the ISS including use by non-NASA entities. NASA began operating a share of the U.S. accommodation on the ISS as a National Laboratory in accordance with the NASA Authorization Act of 2005, Section 507 (P.L. 109-155). Bigelow Aerospace proposed (BAANNHlOCAOOOlK) a demonstration on the ISS to advance the technical development of expandable habitats and NASA sel ected and awarded a contract in December 201 2 (NNH12390355R) to test the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module ("BEAM") to gather knowledge on the certification process for expandable habitats as part of an integrated human qualified system and to obtain critical performance data on radiation performance, thermal control, and overall on-orbit utilization.

On the commercial side, Bigelow Aerospace, recognizing that there was little more to be learned from additional Genesis missions, in the fall of 2007, shifted its focus to the creation of its fullscale system, the BA 330. As the name indicates, the BA 330 will provide roughly 330 cubic meters of internal volume and can support a crew of up to six. Developed exclusively via private funding and without receiving any financial support from the federal Bigelow Aerospace has continued to mature the BA 330 and is currently on schedule to finish construction of its first privately developed habitat in 2016 ready for flight.

With the Genesis missions complete, the BEAM demonstration project underway, and a path forward for privately funded low earth orbit expandable habitats, the Parties are positioned to continue forward toward fuller commercial utilization and research in low earth orbit and initiation of beyond low earth orbit cooperation. Specifically, the Parties will further determine how expandables and private sector investment can play a critical role in enabling NASA to implement a human space development and exploration strategy that enables bold national objectives and stimulates economic expansion in an affordable manner.

The Parties hereby agree to embark on a series of phased activities to achieve this objective. The phases will be linked by a series of "Gates" as described in ARTICLE 4 below. Passage through each Gate will occur upon the successful completion of a predetermined set of requirements and the development of required agreement documents, as agreed to by the Parties. Fulfillment of each Gate is a necessary and sufficient condition to proceed to the next phase.

ARTICLE 4. GATES

Two Gates are identified that constitute milestones in the determination of the benefit to the Parties in further direct cooperation. In the event that either Party does not meet any Gate, an assessment of the impact thereof to the Project will be carried out by the Parties to determine the best alternative course of action. Any follow-on agreements or modifications agreed to by the Parties in the course of implementing the Gates as described herein shall be fully incorporated in this Agreement and shall constitute a modification of this Agreement in accordance with ARTICLE 23 Modifications. .

Gate 1: Conduct a joint formulation of objectives for the commercial and government contributions and utilization for the development and exploration of space beyond low Earth orbit.

The intent of the Parties is to create a joint activity between the broader private sector industry and NASA to ensure that both the public and private sectors make a bold push for beyond low earth orbit exploration and utilization. The key to achieving such an objective is to demonstrate the value of low earth orbit for commercial research and utilization, enable broader national objectives throughout cislunar space, while dramatically reducing the cost to the public sector by ensuring private sector involvement in space exploration. The outcome of this gate is the release of common objectives by public and private involvement in space exploration. This will include private industry contributions to enable and utilize beyond low earth orbit exploration. Efforts under this gate in the Agreement are intended to serve as a beginning.

Gate 2: Assess the intersection of the capability to live and work in low Earth orbit with other commercial interests in low earth orbit and all of cislunar space, including specific commercial proposals and interests towards those ends.

To ensure the feasibility of potential contributions, Bigelow Aerospace will strive to seek inputs from the private sector on potential contributions and approaches to integration that enables a focus on more than just robust exploration beyond low Earth orbit. This will include the establishment of private sector goals and priorities. These private sector contributions and priorities will enable a joint assessment of possible integrated approaches between the public and private sectors.

ARTICLE 5. RESPONSIBILITIES

A. BIGELOW will use reasonable efforts to:

1. Gate 1 : Asset Identification

Execute the work described in Gate 1 via a series of discussions and meetings w relevant members of industry, government, and NASA. Specifically, Bigelow Aerospace will leverage its existing relationships and expertise from the company's ongoing pursuit of commercial low earth orbit operations to formulate common objectives between NASA and commercial industry for beyond low earth orbit. This will demonstrate the value of new, emerging NASA and private sector supported capabilities building upon the low earth orbit model with expansion in beyond low earth orbit objectives. Bigelow Aerospace will identify which companies can make contributions, what those contributions will be, when such contributions can be made, and what conditions will be necessary to generate these private sector contributions. Bigelow Aerospace will compile this information and provide any additional research and analysis necessary to create a work-product that will describe the relevant companies, private and public sector contributions, and common commercial/government objectives. This work-product will fulfill Bigelow Aerospace's responsibilities under Gate 1.

2. Gate 2: Mission Proposals Based on the companies, potential contributions, and common objectives identified in ate I, Bigelow Aerospace will assess the intersection of public and private interests and capabilities, and use this information to synthesize a series of options to achieve joint goals from low earth orbit, throughout cislunar space jmd beyond. All of these options will focus on creating a sustainable expansion from low earth orbit to cislunar space including aspects such as lowering public sector costs by leveraging and incorporating business benefits to the commercial industry, capitalizing on rapid implementation, and protecting the government fr om long-term programmatic risks. Completion of this workproduct will fulfill Bigelow Aerospace's obligations under Gate 2.

3. Bigelow Aerospace will provide the necessary and facilities to support all of the work conducted under this Agreement. Additionally, Bigelow Aerospace will commit necessary funding (to cover travel costs associated with implementing this Agreement) and other valuable in-kind services.

B. NASA will use reasonable efforts to:

1. Engage in outward facing communications intended to highlight the importance of the work being conducted under this Agreement and to encourage broad participation.

2. Actively participate in meetings and discussions when requested by Bigelow Aerospace.

3. Provide in-kind support to supplement Bigelow Aerospace's. financial and logistics contributions under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 6. SCHEDULE AND MILESTONES

The planned major milestones for the activities defined in the "Responsibilities" clause are as follows:

(a) Bigelow Aerospace will produce the work-product described in Gate 1 by no later than one hundred (1 00) calendar days subsequent to the execution of this Agreement.

(b) Bigelow Aerospace will produce this work-product for Gate 2 by no later than one hundred and twenty (1 20) calendar days after the successful completion of Gate 1.

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http://spaceref.biz/2013/04/text-of-the-nasabigelow-space-act-agreement.html
   
Текст соглашения между Бигелоу и НАСА

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NASA's Bolden: no American led return to the moon 'in my lifetime'
Robert Bigelow chatted with a radio host a few weeks ago about Bigelow's long-term space plans. They include refueling depots and a commercial moon base, since NASA isn't planning to go there.
Отсюда можно сделать только один вывод: Бигелов собирается пережить Болдина.

Если бигеловскую лунную базу правильно подбросить, получится лангранжевская.

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SPACE ACT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION AND
BIGELOW AEROSPACE, LLC
FOR BEYOND LOW EARTH ORBIT HUMAN SPACE EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT

ARTICLE 1. AUTHORITY AND PARTIES

In accordance with the National Aeronautics and Space Act (5 1 U.S.C. 20113), this Agreement is entered into by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, located at 300 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20546 (hereinafter referred to as "NASA") and Bigelow Aerospace, LLC located at 4640 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas, NV 891 19 (hereinafter referred to as "Bigelow" or "Partner"). NASA and Partner may be individually referred to as a "Party" and collectively referred to as the "Parties."

ARTICLE 2. PURPOSE

The purpose of this Agreement is to facilitate and explore, in a manner that meets both national and commercial goals and objectives, joint public/private arrangements that would continue to build the ability for humans to live and work in space through the expansion of exploration capabilities beyond low Earth orbit. By conducting this joint effort, the Parties build on their experience and their mutual recognition of the value of a human presence and exploration development in low Earth orbit, ranging outward fr om Bigelow Aerospace's existing contract with NASA to conduct a technology demonstration of expandable structures on the International Space Station ("ISS") to significant private sector involvement and operations in beyond low Earth orbit including cislunar space and beyond. The partnership continues to foster increased commercial use and research in low earth orbit on the ISS and with Bigelow Aerospace's private sector near term plans to design, develop, and operate in low earth orbit a commercial space station capability. In addition, it is coupled with private sector long-term plans of beyond low earth orbit operations including those of Bigelow Aerospace to place a lunar base on the surface of the Moon. The Parties hereby agree to embark on a series of phased activities to achieve the initial objective of, assessing and defining potential options wh ere public and private investments enable missions and broader objectives, including exploration capabilities beyond low earth orbit.

The Parties agree that, similar to tile progress that has been made with low Earth orbit, there is potential for commercial involvement to provide economic expansion beyond government investment and potentially enable dramatically reduced costs in beyond low earth orbit activities. This joint involvement between human space exploration and commercial enablinghtilization can provide synergy and enable missions in concert with national capabilities and technology investments, such as the NASA's Orion and Space Launch System capabilities.

At the most fundamental level, the benefit that this partnership provides to NASA is captured in the Strategic Goals of the Agency:

- Strategic Goal 1 : Extend and sustain human activities across the solar system

- Strategic Goal 3: Create innovative new space technologies for our exploration, science, and economic future

- Strategic Goal 6: Share NASA with the public, educators, and students to provide opportunities to participate in our Mission, foster innovation, and contribute to a strong national economy

Per Article 5(B)(1), NASA will engage in outward facing communications intended to highlight the importance of the work being conducted under this Agreement and to encourage broad participation. Due to Bigelow Aerospace's unique position in the commercial space industry apd its ongoing outreach efforts, NASA chose to implement this Agreement without competition, and therefore this Agreement is entered into on a nonexclusive basis.

ARTICLE 3. BACKGROUND

NASA initially developed the concept of expandable space habitats for use during long in-space human transit and operational periods. It was further refined for use in the TransHab module project for the ISS and is currently under commercial'development by Bigelow Aerospace. In , addition to providing large amounts of usable volume, these habitat structures showed promise in reducing the effects of radiation, lowering launch mass requirements, and requiring smaller amounts of rocket fairing space than traditional metallic structures. When NASA chose to no longer pursue the TransHab module for the ISS, the technology's appeal remained strong in the commercial sector, and in the spring of 1999, expandable habitats received a commercial beginning with the founding of Bigelow Aerospace. Bigelow Aerospace's President and Founder, Robert T. Bigelow, committed to funding a commercial development effort, and executed an exclusive licensing agreement with NASA for the Agency's TransHab patents.

NASA continued to support expandable habitat technology development and technology transition through a series of Space Act Agreements with Bigelow Aerospace: SAA-HA-02- 25(4/2002-11/2004), SAA-HA-04-46(10/2004-5/2006), SAA-AT-06-0 17(6/2006 - 4/2009), and the current agreement SAA-EA-09-002(4/2009 - 3/2014).

During this time Bigelow Aerospace proceeded to conduct initial design and development work that led into the first flight program for expandable structures, the Genesis missions, under which expandable habitat prototypes would be constructed, launched, and demonstrated in an actual orbital environment. Bigelow Aerospace contracted with the joint Russia-Ukrainian launch company ISC Kosmotras to deploy its spacecraft via the Dnepr rocket. The launch of Genesis I took place on July 12, 2006. The launch, deployment, and operation of Genesis I exceeded Bigelow Aerospace's expectations and generated invaluable performance data. The success of Genesis I was a critical first step toward validating the promise of expandable habitats and dramatically raised the system's Technology Readiness Level. To gain further experience with expandable habitats and go a step beyond Genesis I, a second similar sub-scale prototype, Genesis 11, was launched on June 28, 2007. The Genesis I1 launch, deployment, and operation was also all very successful and Bigelow Aerospace yet again demonstrated expandable habitats and increased its engineering expertise in an actual orbital environment.

As NASA reached the completion of assembly of the ISS, NASA shifted to increase utilization of the ISS including use by non-NASA entities. NASA began operating a share of the U.S. accommodation on the ISS as a National Laboratory in accordance with the NASA Authorization Act of 2005, Section 507 (P.L. 109-155). Bigelow Aerospace proposed (BAANNHlOCAOOOlK) a demonstration on the ISS to advance the technical development of expandable habitats and NASA sel ected and awarded a contract in December 201 2 (NNH12390355R) to test the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module ("BEAM") to gather knowledge on the certification process for expandable habitats as part of an integrated human qualified system and to obtain critical performance data on radiation performance, thermal control, and overall on-orbit utilization.

On the commercial side, Bigelow Aerospace, recognizing that there was little more to be learned from additional Genesis missions, in the fall of 2007, shifted its focus to the creation of its fullscale system, the BA 330. As the name indicates, the BA 330 will provide roughly 330 cubic meters of internal volume and can support a crew of up to six. Developed exclusively via private funding and without receiving any financial support from the federal Bigelow Aerospace has continued to mature the BA 330 and is currently on schedule to finish construction of its first privately developed habitat in 2016 ready for flight.

With the Genesis missions complete, the BEAM demonstration project underway, and a path forward for privately funded low earth orbit expandable habitats, the Parties are positioned to continue forward toward fuller commercial utilization and research in low earth orbit and initiation of beyond low earth orbit cooperation. Specifically, the Parties will further determine how expandables and private sector investment can play a critical role in enabling NASA to implement a human space development and exploration strategy that enables bold national objectives and stimulates economic expansion in an affordable manner.

The Parties hereby agree to embark on a series of phased activities to achieve this objective. The phases will be linked by a series of "Gates" as described in ARTICLE 4 below. Passage through each Gate will occur upon the successful completion of a predetermined set of requirements and the development of required agreement documents, as agreed to by the Parties. Fulfillment of each Gate is a necessary and sufficient condition to proceed to the next phase.

ARTICLE 4. GATES

Two Gates are identified that constitute milestones in the determination of the benefit to the Parties in further direct cooperation. In the event that either Party does not meet any Gate, an assessment of the impact thereof to the Project will be carried out by the Parties to determine the best alternative course of action. Any follow-on agreements or modifications agreed to by the Parties in the course of implementing the Gates as described herein shall be fully incorporated in this Agreement and shall constitute a modification of this Agreement in accordance with ARTICLE 23 Modifications. .

Gate 1: Conduct a joint formulation of objectives for the commercial and government contributions and utilization for the development and exploration of space beyond low Earth orbit.

The intent of the Parties is to create a joint activity between the broader private sector industry and NASA to ensure that both the public and private sectors make a bold push for beyond low earth orbit exploration and utilization. The key to achieving such an objective is to demonstrate the value of low earth orbit for commercial research and utilization, enable broader national objectives throughout cislunar space, while dramatically reducing the cost to the public sector by ensuring private sector involvement in space exploration. The outcome of this gate is the release of common objectives by public and private involvement in space exploration. This will include private industry contributions to enable and utilize beyond low earth orbit exploration. Efforts under this gate in the Agreement are intended to serve as a beginning.

Gate 2: Assess the intersection of the capability to live and work in low Earth orbit with other commercial interests in low earth orbit and all of cislunar space, including specific commercial proposals and interests towards those ends.

To ensure the feasibility of potential contributions, Bigelow Aerospace will strive to seek inputs from the private sector on potential contributions and approaches to integration that enables a focus on more than just robust exploration beyond low Earth orbit. This will include the establishment of private sector goals and priorities. These private sector contributions and priorities will enable a joint assessment of possible integrated approaches between the public and private sectors.

ARTICLE 5. RESPONSIBILITIES

A. BIGELOW will use reasonable efforts to:

1. Gate 1 : Asset Identification

Execute the work described in Gate 1 via a series of discussions and meetings w relevant members of industry, government, and NASA. Specifically, Bigelow Aerospace will leverage its existing relationships and expertise from the company's ongoing pursuit of commercial low earth orbit operations to formulate common objectives between NASA and commercial industry for beyond low earth orbit. This will demonstrate the value of new, emerging NASA and private sector supported capabilities building upon the low earth orbit model with expansion in beyond low earth orbit objectives. Bigelow Aerospace will identify which companies can make contributions, what those contributions will be, when such contributions can be made, and what conditions will be necessary to generate these private sector contributions. Bigelow Aerospace will compile this information and provide any additional research and analysis necessary to create a work-product that will describe the relevant companies, private and public sector contributions, and common commercial/government objectives. This work-product will fulfill Bigelow Aerospace's responsibilities under Gate 1.

2. Gate 2: Mission Proposals Based on the companies, potential contributions, and common objectives identified in ate I, Bigelow Aerospace will assess the intersection of public and private interests and capabilities, and use this information to synthesize a series of options to achieve joint goals from low earth orbit, throughout cislunar space jmd beyond. All of these options will focus on creating a sustainable expansion from low earth orbit to cislunar space including aspects such as lowering public sector costs by leveraging and incorporating business benefits to the commercial industry, capitalizing on rapid implementation, and protecting the government fr om long-term programmatic risks. Completion of this workproduct will fulfill Bigelow Aerospace's obligations under Gate 2.

3. Bigelow Aerospace will provide the necessary and facilities to support all of the work conducted under this Agreement. Additionally, Bigelow Aerospace will commit necessary funding (to cover travel costs associated with implementing this Agreement) and other valuable in-kind services.

B. NASA will use reasonable efforts to:

1. Engage in outward facing communications intended to highlight the importance of the work being conducted under this Agreement and to encourage broad participation.

2. Actively participate in meetings and discussions when requested by Bigelow Aerospace.

3. Provide in-kind support to supplement Bigelow Aerospace's. financial and logistics contributions under this Agreement.

ARTICLE 6. SCHEDULE AND MILESTONES

The planned major milestones for the activities defined in the "Responsibilities" clause are as follows:

(a) Bigelow Aerospace will produce the work-product described in Gate 1 by no later than one hundred (1 00) calendar days subsequent to the execution of this Agreement.

(b) Bigelow Aerospace will produce this work-product for Gate 2 by no later than one hundred and twenty (1 20) calendar days after the successful completion of Gate 1.

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NASA Opens Door to Commercial Partnerships on the Moon
By Irene Klotz | Apr. 19, 2013
   

   
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As NASA prepared for the rollout of its 2014 budget request — a $17.7 billion spending plan that includes a $105 million down payment for a revamped asteroid exploration initiative — its head of space operations quietly signed an agreement with Bigelow Aerospace to explore options for a lunar base and public-private orbital outposts near the international space station and at gravitationally stable Lagrange points 1.5 million kilometers from Earth.

The Space Act Agreement, signed March 25 by NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, William Gerstenmaier, is intended to gather options for extending NASA's commercial space development programs, currently focused on transporting cargo and crew to the international space station (ISS), to follow-on human exploration programs, Bigelow Aerospace founder and president Robert Bigelow said in an interview with SpaceNews.

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"The purpose of this agreement is to facilitate and explore, in a manner that meets both national and commercial goals and objectives, joint public-private arrangements that would continue to build the ability for humans to live and work in space through the expansion of exploration capabilities beyond low Earth orbit," the agreement says.

"The partnership continues to foster increased commercial use and research in low Earth orbit on the ISS and with Bigelow Aerospace's private sector near-term plans to design, develop and operate in low-Earth orbit a commercial space station capability. It is coupled with private sector long-term plans of beyond low-Earth orbit operations, including those of Bigelow Aerospace to place a lunar base on the surface of the moon," the agreement says.

Privately owned Bigelow Aerospace is developing inflatable space habitats it intends to lease to research organizations, companies, sovereign nations and other entities wishing to conduct experiments, operate businesses or fly personnel in space.

The Las Vegas-based firm, which licensed the technology from NASA and has spent more than $250 million to design, build and test it, including flying two prototypes, has a separate $17.8 million agreement with NASA to attach a third experimental habitat onto the space station.

Under the new Space Act Agreement, which offers no monetary payments to Bigelow from NASA, Bigelow will assess potential options for public and private human space expeditions beyond low Earth orbit, with the goal of giving NASA some lower-cost blueprints for exploration initiatives.

For example, a lunar base that NASA buys or leases might double as a commercial outpost, Bigelow said.

"This joint involvement ... can provide synergy and enable missions in concert with national capabilities and technology investments, such as the NASA Orion and Space Launch System capabilities," the agreement says.

Gerstenmaier could not be reached for comment, but NASA provided the following statement to SpaceNews: "As part of our broader commercial space strategy, NASA signed a Space Act Agreement with Bigelow Aerospace to foster ideas about how the private sector can contribute to future human missions. This will provide important information on possible ways to expand our exploration capabilities in partnership with the private sector.

"The agency is intensely focused on a bold mission to identify, relocate and explore an asteroid with American astronauts by 2025 — all as we prepare for an even more ambitious human mission to Mars in the 2030s. NASA has no plans for a human mission to the moon," NASA said.

The agreement with Bigelow Aerospace is not exclusive, but Bigelow said his company, which operates as both a manufacturer of space habitats and as a general contractor, is uniquely positioned to serve as a type of buffer for NASA, which is losing purchasing power due to rising costs of traditional cost-plus-award-fee contracts and projected flat or declining budgets.

"One of the big inducements that we can give to these companies, which maybe NASA cannot do directly, is to say, 'We're going out to competitive bid, first of all, on a fixed-price contract basis for anything and everything that we're talking about submitting to NASA for consideration and creating a menu from which NASA can select, so don't go cutting a fat hog and thinking that you're going to retire on this contract because that's not the idea here,'" Bigelow said.

"The good news is if we can think of ways we can generate revenue commercially in this agreement with NASA, then NASA is open to that," he said.

Under the agreement, Bigelow expects to complete a pair of reports for NASA before the end of the year.

NASA, in turn, agrees to:

Engage in outward-facing communications intended to highlight the importance of the work being conducted under (the) agreement and to encourage broad participation.

Actively participate in meetings and discussions when requested by Bigelow Aerospace.

Provide in-kind support to supplement Bigelow Aerospace's financial and logistics contributions under (the) agreement.
   

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http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/34937nasa-opens-door-to-commercial-partnerships-on-the-moon (Требуется регистрация)
   
Перевод Гуглом двух интересных отрывков:
   

"Партнерство продолжает способствовать усилению коммерческого использования и исследования на низкой околоземной орбите на МКС и с частным сектором Bigelow Aerospace в ближайшие планы для проектирования, разработки и эксплуатации на низкой околоземной орбите коммерческих возможностей космической станции. Это в сочетании с частным сектором долгосрочных планов за пределами низкой околоземной орбиты операций, в том числе Bigelow Aerospace разместить лунную базу на поверхности Луны ", в соглашении говорится.
 .....
В соответствии с новым соглашением Закона пространства, который не предлагает денежные выплаты Бигелоу из НАСА, Бигелоу будет оценивать возможные варианты для государственного и частного человека космических экспедиций за пределы околоземной орбиты, с целью предоставления НАСА некоторые более дешевые проекты по разведке инициатив.