Inflatable satellites, future space hotel models

According to Interfax, Russia has successfully launched an American inflatable satellite - in the future it will serve as a prototype for a space hotel project.

Space hotel model (Photo: HTV)

Genesis-2 satellite was put into orbit by the Dniepr rocket. This is a scaled-down replica of the Nautilus orbital station by Las Vegas hotel magnate Robert Bigelow designed for travelers who want to stay in space. The space hotel project, consisting of several interlinked inflatable modules, will likely be implemented in 2015 for an estimated $ 500 million.

Genesis satellites, in which the first satellite was launched last year and the Guardian satellites will test the resistance of inflating structures as well as how to build space hotels before a prototype Big and real, called BA330, was put into orbit.

If all of these tests succeed, Bigelow Aerospace will start building hotels in 2011.

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