Бигелоу

[SFN]

В предыдущем посте про Бигелоу только в цитате из моего поста. А по теме Алексу2 есть что сказать?

[Alex_II]

SFN пишет:
В предыдущем посте про Бигелоу только в цитате из моего поста. А по теме Алексу2 есть что сказать?

А ну стало быть просто пальцы гнете. По делу - вам тоже сказать особенно нечего, как я вижу...

[SFN]

Alex_II пишет:

SFN пишет:
В предыдущем посте про Бигелоу только в цитате из моего поста. А по теме Алексу2 есть что сказать?

А ну стало быть просто пальцы гнете. По делу - вам тоже сказать особенно нечего, как я вижу...

И в этом посте про Бигелоу только в цитате из моего поста. А по теме Алексу2 совсем нечего сказать

[Lanista]

Смета бюджета НАСА на 2016 фискальный год (см. прикрепленный файл, 657 стр.) на 421-ой стр. (EXP-54) говорит нам о том, что экспериментальный расширяющийся жилой модуль B.E.A.M. (bigelowaerospace.com/beam) частной американской космической компании Bigelow Aerospace будет доставлен на Международную Космическую Станцию на борту грузового космического корабля Dragon в ходе 8-й миссии SpaceX по доставке грузов на МКС (на данный момент миссия запланирована на Сентябрь 2015)
http://vk.com/doc3419561_363554813?hash=9083132f7b4e135068&dl=6576ac28b38b2470ce

[SFN]

Вроде как учебный макет

[Salo]

http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/bigelow-aerospace/bigelow-host-media-event-beam/

Bigelow to host media event for BEAM         

NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and Robert Bigelow under the BEAM on Jan. 16, 2013. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls         
             
Collin Skocik
March 6th, 2015          
                                 
On Thursday, March 12, reporters will have a chance to examine and photograph Bigelow Aerospace's Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) before it is shipped to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in preparation for launch. BEAM will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS) later in 2015 aboard CRS-8, the eighth SpaceX resupply mission. The BEAM will be installed on the aft port of the Tranquility node. Mike Gold, Bigelow's director of D.C. operations and business growth, and Bill Gerstenmaier NASA's chief of human exploration and operations, championed commercial activity on the ISS, will answer questions from the media.

Bigelow Aerospace is a startup company based in Las Vegas, Nev., which specializes in expandable space modules—essentially balloons. Robert Bigelow formed the company in 1998 and licensed the technology from NASA's TransHab project which was canceled in 2000. The House bill that canceled TransHab included an option to lease the technology to a private company.
Bigelow purchased the rights to the patents and since then has developed the Genesis I and Genesis II prototypes which were launched in 2006 and 2007, respectively, "proving that this expandable architecture can successfully withstand the vibration and loads of the launch environments," according to a 2014 promotional .

BEAM will be launched as a secondary payload in the cab of a SpaceX Dragon capsule lofted into orbit by a Falcon 9 v1.1 rocket. The robotic Canadarm2 will then attach it to the aft port of the Tranquility module. Once attached to the space station, it will be expanded by a pressurization system that will inflate it to its full size of approximately 13 feet. The BEAM will remain on the ISS for two years. During that time, astronauts will periodically enter the module and test its performance. They will also measure radiation levels in the module for comparison with radiation levels in the Space Station's other, more traditional aluminum modules.

Lori Garver touring the Bigelow facility. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
 
The BEAM's skin is made of several layers including a layer of Vectran, a bulletproof fabric stronger than Kevlar which, according to tests, will not be penetrated by micrometeoroids that would penetrate the ISS's aluminum modules. The radiation shielding is comparable to that in the rest of the ISS, but without the secondary effects produced by particles disintegrating as they pass through the aluminum. The BEAM walls also absorb sound better.
At the end of two years, the BEAM will be jettisoned and will burn up in Earth's atmosphere.
At a panel in Oct. 2014, Gold discussed the BEAM and Bigelow's plans to commercialize space.
"Low Earth Orbit (LEO) will become a commercial domain," Gold said. "Maybe it's difficult to see at this point, but we go back to telecom—there was a time when every communications satellite was owned by the government."
Gold added that private space activities are complicated by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), calling it the greatest barrier to getting something off Earth.
"We cannot fight the New Space vs. Old Space battle," he said, "with so few companies. The pie is too small. We need to come together as space enthusiasts."
Gerstenmaier championed commercial involvement in the International Space Station, adding that NASA "owes the taxpayers some return."

Lori Garver inside Bigelow's B330. Photo Credit: NASA
 
"The International Space Station is a uniquely suited test bed to demonstrate innovative exploration technologies like the BEAM," Gerstenmaier said. "As we venture deeper into space on the path to Mars, habitats that allow for long-duration stays in space will be a critical capability. Using the station's resources, we'll learn how humans can work effectively with this technology in space, as we continue to advance our understanding in all aspects for long-duration spaceflight aboard the orbiting laboratory."
The BEAM is part of NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems (AES), which supports innovative approaches to long-term living and working in space, focusing on four main areas: Crew Systems, Vehicle Systems, Operations, and Robotic Precursor Activities.
In the future, Bigelow plans to launch the B330, which was derived from the TransHab. At 330 cubic meters (hence the name), and a length of 22 feet (6.7meters), the B330 is larger than any of the ISS modules. Its docking ports will be compatible not only with other B330s, but with a variety of other types of spacecraft.
Bigelow plans to launch a space station that will consist of two B330s, which will provide two-thirds the habitable volume of the ISS. Bigelow's long-term plans include both space tourism and missions to the Moon and Mars.

[Salo]

https://twitter.com/spacecom/status/576079164203122688

Parabolicarc.com ‏@spacecom

BEAM packed up and ready to ship


10:55 - 12 марта 2015 г.

[Salo]

http://spacenews.com/bigelow-module-ready-to-fly-to-space-station/

Bigelow Module Ready To Fly to Space Station
by Jeff Foust — March 19, 2015
William Gerstenmaier, NASA's associate administrator for human exploration and operations, and Jason Crusan, director of the agency's advanced exploration systems division, view the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module at Bigelow's facility in Las Vegas on March 12. Image Credit: NASA/ Stephanie Schierholz  
 
WASHINGTON — A module built by Bigelow Aerospace will join the International Space Station later this year in a test of both the company's technology and NASA's use of alternative contracting techniques.
NASA and Bigelow Aerospace marked the completion of all the development milestones for the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) in a ceremony March 12 at the company's North Las Vegas, Nevada, headquarters. Bigelow built BEAM under a $17.8 million contract NASA awarded in late 2012.
Bigelow will ship BEAM to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in late March for integration with a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft. That Dragon will transport BEAM to the ISS on a mission scheduled for September. The station's robotic arm will then attach BEAM to a port on the Tranquility module.
When fully expanded, BEAM will provide 16 cubic meters of additional volume for the station. BEAM will be attached to the station for a minimum of two years to allow astronauts to test the performance of the inflatable module in the space environment, including how much radiation and micrometeorite protection it provides.
"The lion's share of our experience is with rigid structures," said Jason Crusan, director of the advanced exploration division of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, in a March 12 interview. "This gives us an opportunity to get real some real on-orbit performance data."
 
Robert Bigelow, president and founder of Bigelow Aerospace, and William Gerstenmaier, NASA¹s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, talk to media about the company¹s Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) during an event at Bigelow¹s facility in Las Vegas on March 12.
 Credit: Bigelow Aerospace

While inflatable modules have shown promise for future exploration architectures, there is limited data about their performance, forcing engineers working on models of those systems to use a number of assumptions. "When you run those models with those assumptions, inflatables don't always come out with the lowest mass and best trades," Crusan said. "Getting that on-orbit data will allow us to refine those models."
Once installed, BEAM will be largely sealed off from the rest of ISS, with astronauts entering it every four to six months to retrieve data from sensors inside it. Crusan suggested NASA will consider making greater use of the module over time as the agency becomes more comfortable with its performance. That would require additional work inside the module, he said, since it has no active life support system beyond some fans.
BEAM allows NASA to test not just engineering models, but acquisition models as well. NASA's contract with Bigelow is a firm fixed price one that includes performance milestones through launch and testing of the module on the station. "If it doesn't work, they don't get paid," Crusan said of Bigelow.
That approach let NASA take more of a hands-off approach during BEAM's development. "It allowed us to back off on some of the insight and oversight," Crusan said, adding that a team of fewer than five NASA employees managed the project.
Bigelow is motivated to make BEAM work since it is a major step towards future, much larger expandable modules the company is developing for commercial use. "It's a proof of concept," said George Zamka of Bigelow Aerospace in a March 12 interview. "We will be interested to see what the astronauts' reactions are."
Zamka is director of crew and cargo operations for Bigelow's next module, the B330, named after the module's volume in cubic meters once fully inflated. He said data from BEAM will be incorporated into the B330, which is still in the early phases of development. That work will start ramping up now that BEAM is completed, he said.
Bigelow's goal is to have two B330 modules completed by the end of 2017, ready to launch once commercial crew systems under development by Boeing and SpaceX enter commercial service. Zamka said the company is still in the planning stage of crew and cargo transportation contracts with those companies. "We'll be ready to go when they are," he said.
As Bigelow officials have previously stated, Zamka said the company is looking to sign up governments as customers for its commercial space station. "We're talking to a number of different space agencies and other entities interested in a commercial space station," he said, declining to identify any specific potential customers.
Zamka, a veteran of two space shuttle missions as a NASA astronaut before joining Bigelow last year, said he would be interested in flying in space again with his new employer. "The endpoint for me would be serving as a commercial astronaut on a Bigelow space station," he said.

[PIN]

Сокращения, оптимизация. Вовремя деньги закончились.

http://spacenews.com/layoffs-hit-bigelow-aerospace/?utm_content=buffer9a698&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

[SFN]

Почемуто вспомнилось из Остина Пауэрса - "... и завод по производству моделей заводов."
У него работает музей будущей станции и мастерские по производству ее моделей.

[triage]

перенос из другой темы, попросили

разродился твиттер у них картинками

Bigelow Aerospace ‏@BigelowSpace  7 января
Concept of an outfitted Olympus. 2250 cubic meters of habitable volume.

гугл картинку не находит

Bigelow Aerospace ‏@BigelowSpace  5 янв.
Up close & personal with Olympus, BEAM's distant big brother #BEAMmeUp

хотя картинка с похожим изображением есть более ранняя и к этому

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/bigelow-aerospace-shows-its-expandable-space-station-future-n322521
13 марта 2015

а потом еще пошли в твиттере сообщения

Bigelow Aerospace ‏@BigelowSpace  8 января

America, let's give @NASA_SLS a longterm, sustainable mission @NASA @NASA_Orion @LockheedMartin @Boeing

Зокий глаз заметит что на орбите Луны    

статья в Популярной науке от 29 декабря 2015
 http://www.popsci.com/congress-wants-nasa-to-get-working-on-deep-space-habitat
там уже про Марс и ссылается на другую статью
 http://spacenews.com/spending-bill-to-accelerate-nasa-habitation-module-work/

[mefisto_x]

[Дмитрий Инфан]

Иллюминаторов маловато 

[SFN]

Их вообще нет
 

[Дмитрий Инфан]

SFN пишет:
Их вообще нет

Тем более.

[testest2]

В BA-330 иллюминаторы есть, в BEAM нет.

[Apollo13]

Зачем лунные лендеры держать внутри, и как они оттуда попадут на Луну?

[SFN]

Apollo13 пишет:
Зачем лунные лендеры держать внутри, и как они оттуда попадут на Луну?
               
                  

Помниться, на американской станции в 80х тоже ангар для челнока рисовали.    
Есть патент Бигелова "убежище для космических кораблей". Там ЕМНИП было написано для защиты от неблагоприятной космической среды и для обслуживания в комфортных условиях, лунные механики будут менять им масло и подкачивать шины. А попадают внутрь они через воздушный шлюз (на этом рисунке слева). Коническая крышечка открывается, хопп и мы в домике    В общем, всем понятен уровень проработанности решений этих пузырей?  

[Apollo13]

SFN пишет:
Коническая крышечка открывается, хопп и мы в домике

Это многое объясняет.

[Pretiera]

SFN пишет:
Помниться, на американской станции в 80х тоже ангар для челнока рисовали.

ну так у НАСА был не герметичный ангар, функции - термостатирование, защита от микрометиоритов, безопасность ВКД и снижение издержек ВКД (ресурс скафандров) все логично, а сам ангар легкий, по сути палатка из ЭВТИ