This is endemic of the problems at NASA. The concept is likely sound, and the problem likely needs to be solved, but doing it in such a tiny and insignificant way.....spin the spaceship, dont vacuum the space people.
The gist is that is actually doable at the same(ish) scale as the ISS. Bigger is better but we can do it at a radius as little at 40m.
https://www.nasa.gov/careers/our-mission-and-values
> Mission: Lead an innovative and sustainable program of exploration with commercial and international partners to enable human expansion across the solar system and bring new knowledge and opportunities back to Earth. Support growth of the nation's economy in space and aeronautics, increase understanding of the universe and our place in it, work with industry to improve America's aerospace technologies and advance American leadership.
But I agree that it should be a completely different mission than the International Space Station.
sophisticated space stations would have to wait untill a turning point in profitability is reached. Space elevators are still in the realm of science fiction and are on the edge of theoretical feasability
With the (moderately) high probability that the SpaceX Star Ship will succeed and go into active service in the next few years the cost to orbit is going to drop significantly. There is an opitunity soon to rethink what a space station is. Realistically the internal area of a Star Ship could make a space station in the same vain as ISS, and would be “cheap”. But we could also feasibly construct a rotating station with the use of Star Ship.
Space is about to undergo a transformative change in how people approach building in it.
To me, cheaper rockets could only help building a future space elevator which would reduce costs significantly but we would still need something to do in space.
So what do you think the first economic incentive will be to enrich society?
Axiom's first modules will launch 2024ish and initially be connected to the ISS.
I'd like to see ISS greatly expanded now that access to space is getting cheaper, but given the constraints, designing vacuum sleeping bags is reasonable. (Also, expanding our range of techniques to limit the adverse effects of zero-G is useful in the long run. Ideally we won't have many people who need to be in zero-G for extended periods of time even if travelling to space becomes routine, but still the knowledge is good to have just in case.)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZoSYsNADtY
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