As NASA, SpaceX, and Blue Moon plan habitats for life outside the confines of Earth, the agency and companies toy with alternatives. One of those is an inflatable living space labeled B330 that is designed to provide some comfort and protection for the astronauts. That means a kitchen, beds in sleep stations and toilets to accommodate a half dozen travelers to—or future residents of—the moon or Mars. And included in the design of the B330 habitat, according to Robert Bigelow of Bigelow Aerospace, will be “entertainment in the form of virtual-reality Earth simulations for astronauts to feel at home when they are orbiting Mars."*
All right. We’re going to a distant world to experience a simulation of Earth. Go figure. And here I was thinking I’ll just go outside my house and look around.
*Roulette, Joey. NASA eyeing inflatable space lodges for moon, Mars and beyond. Reuters. 17 Oct 2019. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-habitat/nasa-eyeing-inflatable-space-lodges-for-moon-mars-and-beyond-idUSKBN1WW1H2 Accessed November 1, 2019.
All right. We’re going to a distant world to experience a simulation of Earth. Go figure. And here I was thinking I’ll just go outside my house and look around.
*Roulette, Joey. NASA eyeing inflatable space lodges for moon, Mars and beyond. Reuters. 17 Oct 2019. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-habitat/nasa-eyeing-inflatable-space-lodges-for-moon-mars-and-beyond-idUSKBN1WW1H2 Accessed November 1, 2019.
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