How Close Is The First Commercial Space Station From Launching?
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
- We are starting to get really close to the addition of commercial space stations in orbit. One company in particular, Axiom Space, has its first module nearly done with the next major step being launch. Thanks to a deal with NASA, the company plans to send one module up at a time and connect them to the International Space Station.
Once all the modules have been launched and the station can support itself, they will disconnect it and Axiom Station will be on its own. Here I will go more in-depth into the company’s current progress, the final manufacturing steps, what’s next, and more.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Final Welding
3:42 - The Station Roadmap 
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It's so easy to get lost in starship as the only cool thing happening in the space realm, but holy crap is stuff like this ever cool!
Starship is the pipe-dream of a guy who uses too many drugs. The longer NASA keeps counting on Musk for a lunar lander, the more likely the next humans on the Moon will be Chinese.
Just wait, the Starship fanbois'll be here soon to let you know only Elon Musk is capable of building the next space station.
Well... Axiom should get ready to resize their modules for Starship size XD They can go bigger!
@@r-saint You're dreaming. As soon as NASA realizes it's all hogwash and gets beaten to the Moon by China, it will disappear forever.
Time will tell whether space missions should continue to have right-sized transport, or a mega-Mac truck that requires at least 14 refuelings just to make it to the moon. While they may get a mechzilla landing in the next try or two, SpaceX's process of testing spacecraft go boom 💥 means we'll likely see more of the same for the orbital fueling facility, the moon landing, the giant moon elevator, return from the moon, orbital passenger transfers, and so on. I don't think we'll have astronauts on the moon until 2029 or later.
I think the down side to axiom is also its greatest benefit its just an upgraded ISS made by a team of engineers that worked on the ISS and i wonder if when haven-1, orbital reef, and starlab start opening their doors will the innovations of single launch space stations that are either supported by novel launch cadences or giant rockets or inflatable habitats or maybe a combination of both will render old style space stations obsolete.
I still think they should just boost the iss into a stable orbit to eventualy be turned into a museum, so that our great great grand children can look out our first major space station and marvel at its crudity.
Well, there was Skylab!
Considering the early Soviet and US stations were based on launch vehicle stages the pictures of forged and machined components for Axiom appear to offer a significantly more robust design. Is there a problem with the ISS that we don't know about?
it is old and tired and gets closer to end of life every day and every little minor breakdown, it isn't like a boat that can be dry-docked and refurbished. Besides, who wants ruzzians anywhere near their space station, can't trust them or count on them.
As to the ISS, I will add that NASA does support private Space Stations to replace the ISS, US Congress that control the purse strings, the US House in particular, no longer wants to pay for the upkeep of the ISS, or build a replacement if the Government must own and operate such a Station.
And beyond that, going forward, Congress does not want NASA and the Defense Department, to own and operate any Space vehicles, satellites, and Moon landers, etc. that they contract with the Space Commercial industry to build and provide. The Fixed Price Contract type is now used. The awardee does everything, owns an operates what they make, and must put up cash, at least as much as the award, and can pick well healed willing partners from Industry. The previous type of contracts are called Cost Plus that lead to cost overruns, to the great expense of the Government.
@@Vacra_Graha - I don't know, but Bluer Origin gets contracts and it has not even made it to orbit!
Nice in-depth coverage! Thank you.
Thales must currently be producing a lot of space station structures. Not only for Axiom Space, but also most Gateway modules and their own cargo vehicle.
We need a space station that would simulate lunar and or martian gravity to do science on long term effect of less than earth gravity on plants and humans in near by low earth orbit.
Yes we do and with starships development a space station like that can be built
That would have to be much bigger than the current ISS. It would be very expensive. They can do the same research on the moon.
@@bluesteel8376 most of what your saying is probably based on attempting earth 9.8m/s² acceleration, and man's capability to tolerate a rate of rotation that supports that rate of acceleration. But, martian gravity is about 1/3 of Earth's gravity so it will be very much easyer to build a station that is built for martian like artifical gravity that rotates very much less which inturn makes it more much more tolerable for humans.
Structurally, martian like gravity puts a lot less stress than if it were earth like, and I see no problem starting off simulating lunar like gravity that's roughly 1/6 of Earth's making it even easyer to build and tolerable to human, and very much less costly than you were thinking. And, you don't need a whole donut cylinder to do this. You just need inflatable habitates for livin and working, an inflatable tube with steel cables connecting the living working space to a central docking habitat and on the other side you need steel cables tethering a counter weight.
Testing it out in low earth orbit while astronaunts and scientist do other work will be much cheaper than testing the effects of low gravity on the moon or mars.
It's not a matter of if, but when we do it. And we will do it before establishing human occupied basses on each.
The Haven-1 is planned to have artificial gravity.
@@Mattihyrra VAST's road map to artifical gravity might work. I see that vast-1 is to dock with haven-1 then demonstrate lunar gravity. Sounds like an exciting begining. But it's less than I imagined. I hope it doesn't take them long to take what they learn to get to making a more permanent artifical gravity station with a central docking port.
Perhaps the iss will slowly be replaced with axiom components that it might as well be a new station after that.
Great Video ! A great orbit to reach is the low inclination LEO CSS heading East from the KSC. This is a Fuel efficient orbit to reach and can also be supported by the ESA launch pad ! This orbit can support missions to the moon ! The LEO CSS will have a Fuel Depot nearby to support missions to the moon ! The inflatable modules will have the same weight and three times the volume of the old ISS tin can modules. The Tech developed to return to the moon to stay, can take US and the world to Mars and beyond ! tjl
I presume they've already looked into reusing some of the ISS pieces? solar panels, etc, etc, etc? It seems like there should be some equipment up there that's worth saving and if that station is right there and couples to the ISS it's basically freebies. Thanks for sharing.
Probably not because the ISS is being decommissioned it because it is out of date. There isn't anything worth saving that Congress would be willing to fund to preserve especially this Congress!!
This is exciting stuff. We have come a long way since the ISS was conceived with 70s technology.
And yet we see that NASA is still clutching onto that 70's tech with their new leaky behemoth.. The Shuttle was a step forward but NASA in their zeal of over engineering them created their own demise.. So building another space station the same as the last 2 seems to be stagnation as usual for NASA..
I wish I could invest, its so amazing
Once SpaceX Starship brings lower cost Earth to orbit delivery of bulk construction panels a robot assembled shell of a Von Braun rotating space station that has artificial gravity will be possible.. The inside can be inflatable segments that have connected airlocks and insulation with prebuilt interiors.. In this manner a large habitat for long duration operations in a higher orbit can become more independent.. The existing ISS could be used to house work crews until the central core is completed.. A zero G companion workshop to do the experiments that require such a setting could be placed as part of the central core but with the ability to be non rotational or a separate space station that does not rotate could be near enough that scientists could transfer back and forth.. Another Idea that I saw was to have a Von Braun station that orbits from the Earth to the Moon once a week so it could be used to help build a Moon base and provide support to the work crews on a regular basis.. Or with a rotating Earth orbit station the ISS could be moved to a Lunar orbit and become the base of operations to build another rotating station near the Moon.. After that the ISS could be moved to Mars orbit and be the base of operations to build a base on one of the Mars moons.. It is far easier to get on and off a Moon than it would be to get on and off Mars gravity well..
Why wouldn't you use an expendable Starship as the center hub for a wheel station its big stainless steel and has engines to move you if necessary! And all that mass of stainless steel reserve fuel & your water supply between you and a CME might save your ass.😊
@@jackdbur This topic of using booster or upper vehicle as a building component has been discussed and so far determined to be not viable without being a custom built refuellable in orbit ship of immense diameter.. Even Starship is way too small to be a hub because of the requirements for the mechanical components that the hub must contain.. A purpose built hub with all these things installed as it is being constructed is still the only choice.. I would see no problem with attaching one or several Starships to the hub and use their engines and thrusters to move a station around..
The first stations are not going to be that big #1 the cost to LEO is just too high still #2 no ne has even tried welding in orbit yet #3 a large structure in LEO is way too dangerous you need to be atleast out in a mid orbit for safety. The best place for building & stationing a large structure would probably be L1 & L2 using lunar sourced materials, Earth's deep gravity well is a huge issue .
nice
If NASA is going to "eliminate" the ISS anyway, is there a way that Axiom Station can scavenge it for Parts?
They May even PAY for some of them, like a Surplus Sales of Government Equipment sort of thing.
I would think it would make sense to connect the Canada arm onto the new station. Wouldnt be very difficult.
I just posted basically the same thing. :) As Louis said it seems like the arm should be salvageable and I would think some of the solar panels and maybe other stuff as well. It seems a shame to just deorbit all that and let it burn up considering how much effort ($$$) it takes to get stuff into orbit. I realize it's old but old doesn't necessarily mean it's junk.
That is the equivalent of saying we will build a new computer using parts from an old, late 1990s computer that has seen alot of use and abuse.
@@nickl5658 HEY! You never went Dumpster Diving behind a Computer Repair Shop????
Excited to see the next generation space stations come to life.
I think it's a very elegant way to build new stations off of pre-existing ones, like here with Axiom-ISS. The new one can make use of existing infrasturcture, while the old one's usage can be extended for as long as possible. Like a caterpillar, attaching an detatching old and new modules all the time. I image this is how it'll be done often in the future. 🛰
What rocket will launch the axiom modules?
SpaceX Starship using a cargo Bay similar to the Shuttle
Very cool! Best wishes to Axiom Space!
I wonder what rocket they’ll use to launch it
Falcon Heavy
Very close to completion,
just gotta Weld-er-up & she'll be done 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Is the Canada arm going to deorbit with the ISS in the 2030s? Would make sense to just put it on the new station.
IIRC Canadarm2 and former Shuttle MPLM Raffaello will be part of Axiom Station
By the time this things finally all built SpaceX could launch expendable Starships with 2 to 3 times its volume in a week.😮 actually if you put a collar on the top of the fuel dome & fuel header tank in the lox tank you could seal up the fuel tank to pop a inflatable hab into it, while being able to have enough propellant to make significant orbital changes as instead of 3 sealevel centre Raptors you have just 1 gimbaling vacuum Raptor! No fins or heat shield gives you plenty of deltaV. This gives you over 100ft x 30ft of pressurised volume to work with & 7 raptor vac engines with a small amount of fuel.
The next step is launch....... after Axiom's module has to go through testing at the space environment testing in Ohio. That could take months. You know that getting it certified to connect to ISS is going to be hard.
It won't be a self-sufficient module, since it will be dependent on the ISS for power and stability. How long will it take to manufacture, test, and certify the power, ECLS and control module. THAT is what makes a space station.
It think that the all-in-one space stations will be up sooner. I don't know if they will be safer, but they will be quicker. I would have trusted Bigelow, since they had prototypes under test in orbit. These other guys might be less than trustworthy, since they won't have NASA breathing down their necks. Axiom will have the safest modules, because they will have to satisfy NASA and they are basically the partner manufacturers of the ISS modules, but they won't be independent of ISS until 2028.
ISS replacements are ramping up
Not soon enough.
I'm excited to see what launch system Axiom intends to use to get Astronauts to their station. Although SpaceX has the best space launch system, Axiom's contract with NASA might lead them to use Starliner.
Probably too expensive. The problem with Space X is that Musk is sometimes a spoiled brat.
@@jaimeduncan6167 The comment about Musk is unnecessary and doesn't address the larger issue if Starship might be available to launch Axiom when it is ready to go. It's too early to say.
Axios should Salvage useful resources from the Space Station
Apparently there isn't enough worth saving to make it worthwhile.
judging by the footage these guys aren't even close to launching, still looking at 3 to 4 years at this pace. This video is a tad too soon
Well, 1 SpaceX Starship is the size of the ISS. It is a 14 story building, so 2 launches should be a produce good size space station, 200 tons to orbit per launch. So pretty close.
The Worlds most expensive Club House.
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Axiom Space DFA. (DFA=Doesn't Mess Around) (ʘ_ʘ)
Why build another space station? Starship has as much internal volume as ISS. Why not just load it up with all the scientific stations you need, including crew, and launch the whole thing at once. You wouldn't need to do repairs on orbit, or reboost it. Just keep it on orbit for 6 to 12 months and land the whole thing when you're done.
You wouldn't have to risk anyone doing space walks.
Am I the only one who can think outsiide the box?
No, you are just one who thinks he has all the answers, but none of the credibility, experience or humility to imagine this is a project well beyond you.
Bro...how the boock this guy speaks?😂
'boock' is not a word. Try again
Someone tell me one thing the iss has done to benefit humanity?
Medical Research, geopolitical unification through teamwork, and just showing what can be done in space.
Cordless drills, Velcro, medical research such as new medicines, ball pens, and so much more where possible because of the ISS.
Space fart research has saved countless lives.
Doesn't have to.
research is always cheaper on earth
Sooo sloowwwwww
You are new to projects that allow humans to live in space aren't you??
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 not at all. I was excited about the iss in 1998. But there is not enough money in low earth orbit for it to move at a reasonable pace
@@gmeister03 I can't argue with that, but then there there never was enough money for space projects especially when compared to the bloated military budget now at 800 billion!!
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 facts. Honestly, even if nasa has 1% gdp for space we’d be set
The first thing launched should be a station that is capable of housing 20 people and serve as a rescue station. Complete with tugs capable of going out and recovering broken down ships. And have tools and men to make repairs
Sure! Now you need to help fund that multi-billion $$ project!!
Please don't use any Boeing parts.
How many more of these ridiculous space station designs are going to keep wasting money on. Gravity, and lack of it is the only obstacle remaining for long term habitation of space and the planets. Humans can not thrive in low gravity. When is the space exploration community going to address this. Such a waste of time and resources!
What do you mean, space stations aren’t designed for thriving and habitation, but for science and research facilities? I don’t get what your proposing as an alternative to an invaluable recourse such as them?
This is a potentially exciting video, with impressive visuals. But the AI voice speaks too quickly, and drones on in a way that makes it sound boring and forgettable. A live commentator who is really interested in the subject matter would result in a winning video about a subject we'd really look forward to.
Im sorry to break it to you but this isnt an AI voice
Let me speak for all SpaceX fans when I say this station is stupid small and pointless. Like everything else in space this could be better accomplished by docking a bunch of starships together... Whiche are definitely working NOW and not still crashing into the ocean like all the haters keep saying.
Starship then. Starship now. Starship forever!
Yes, yes, yes, we all know how Space X fan boi's bow to the supremacy of Space X and starship, but you really need to cultivate that one most vital human quality of humility!
@@michaeldeierhoi4096 right. they did build the first Mars colony after all. 🤭
they're definitely the right company to deorbit the iss... i think they've crashed more tonnage of aerospace hardware into the worlds oceans than all their competitors and NASA combined. heck they must be catching up with the Soviet Union by now.
what would they or their fandom possibly have to be humble about? 🤷
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It's great to hear about a new project not subject to the vaporware of Musk.
Well this thing is gonna be launched on a Falcon Heavy rocket so it's still linked to Musk in a sense