Inflatable Space Habitat
Expandable structures that deploy in orbit to create living and working space for astronauts
Inflatable space habitats expand after launch to provide larger interior volumes than rigid structures. Development; prototypes built and tested (BEAM on ISS). Applications: space habitats, stations, deep-space missions. Bigelow Aerospace and others developing systems.
TRL
7/9Operational
Impact
5/5
Investment
5/5
Category
Hardware
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