Somewhere inside Axiom, there must be at least a draft design for an 8-meter diameter space station module for when Starship becomes operational. After half a century, we could finally get back to a Skylab-sized volume.
The truss segment and other hardware are still very much in working order,... ISS should not be deorbited adding to the trans oceanic junkpile but salvaged and repurposed in orbit.
It’s going to be Falcon 9. I can’t imagine that any of these modules are greater than 22 tons, or that these modules will be too wide for Falcon 9. The Power Tower will probably be a Falcon Heavy 3R with the extended fairing.
Correct! They don’t have them yet. That doesn’t mean they can’t happen - New Shepherd reaches about equivalent pressures during flight with larger windows than Axiom is planning to have (I think.) Just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it can’t happen.
Seems like a good opportunity to keep some of the 'useful' bits from the ISS when it is decommissioned. I'm thinking of the newest solar panels, the canadarm and whatever could be used for extra storage space, even if the sections original function is already replaced by a new section?
Great update! Can’t help but feel these endeavours will be blow away by starship. The speed of construction, price/reliability, and sheer capacity will allow for insanely big space habitats
I wish Bigalow didnt go bust in just a few launches could have been a huge space station
Well... we still have the LIFE modules of Sierra Space
This is exciting stuff, the commercial sector can take over for ISS and do it more efficiently and for far less cost.👍👍
Somewhere inside Axiom, there must be at least a draft design for an 8-meter diameter space station module for when Starship becomes operational. After half a century, we could finally get back to a Skylab-sized volume.
The truss segment and other hardware are still very much in working order,... ISS should not be deorbited adding to the trans oceanic junkpile but salvaged and repurposed in orbit.
What is the launch vehicle? That might prove to be a bottleneck no matter who they choose.
Falcon Heavy maybe?
It’s going to be Falcon 9. I can’t imagine that any of these modules are greater than 22 tons, or that these modules will be too wide for Falcon 9. The Power Tower will probably be a Falcon Heavy 3R with the extended fairing.
"A huge window".
You know why they don't have windows in space, right? biggest you got are atm on the ISS and hidden underneath steel covers
Correct! They don’t have them yet. That doesn’t mean they can’t happen - New Shepherd reaches about equivalent pressures during flight with larger windows than Axiom is planning to have (I think.) Just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it can’t happen.
Seems like a good opportunity to keep some of the 'useful' bits from the ISS when it is decommissioned.
I'm thinking of the newest solar panels, the canadarm and whatever could be used for extra storage space, even if the sections original function is already replaced by a new section?
Thank You! Good Content!
Really good update
I learned to say it "ee-cliss" at space camp in like 1998. Environmental Control Life Support Systems
Great update! Can’t help but feel these endeavours will be blow away by starship. The speed of construction, price/reliability, and sheer capacity will allow for insanely big space habitats
Thanks Man...😎
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2:31 just realized that the solar panel design on the station are ROSAs