Released 2 February 2010 this is the Boeing/Bigelow Aerospace commercial crew capsule concept that is part of the Boeing company's $18 million funded space act agreement for the Commercial Crew Development initiative
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By Rob Coppinger on February 3, 2010 12:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (5)
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on February 3, 2010 10:36 AM | Reply
the problem is the real costs to trasform the "picture" in a real vehicle
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if that costs aren'r affirdable for NASA and USA, then, they can't be for a new.space company
on February 3, 2010 9:05 PM | Reply
What NASA can’t afford it the underpowered, overpriced Ares rockets, particularly Ares I. Also Orion was much more ambitious vehicle this shown above.
That said this new emesis on commercial space craft is exactly what is needed if we are become a true space faring civilization.
on February 4, 2010 2:36 AM | Reply
Gaetano, if you're speaking of the costs to develop NASA's Orion module, consider that they kept having to redesign Orion based on the evolving design of Ares. Ares kept underperforming, so Orion kept being downsized. This increased costs dramatically. If Boeing/Bigelow have designed their crew module to fit an already existing rocket, then the development and construction costs will be significantly lower. To me, this looks like a pretty nice design.
on February 6, 2010 6:40 AM | Reply
Do we have any details on the capsule's crew size and diameter? I'd surmise the crew was between 4-6 astronauts, but diameter is a bit thornier to guess at. 5 meters would be a good fit for Delta IV, but the size comes with a mass penalty. A capsule designed for Atlas V would likely be a shade under 4 meters in diameter (same as Apollo.) Maybe Boeing/Bigelow will split the difference at 4.5 meters and come up with different adapters for the two launchers.
on February 22, 2010 1:26 AM | Reply
If I were Bigelow, I wouldn't spend my time or money developing a capsule, especially when SpaceX is working on the same basic idea. I would continue with the inflatable habitats, and form a partnership with SpaceX to get the hardware up into orbit.