Fast, Cheap and Out Of Control
The worlds first privately financed space station could be launched before 2010, a statement by Bigelow Aerospace suggests. The US company is accelerating its schedule to save money.
Is it just me, or does the idea of rushing ahead with an orbital habitat to do it on the cheap sound like a really terrible idea?
Commercial space station to launch before 2010 - space - 14 August 2007 - New Scientist Space
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• posted by: CamiKaos
• posted on: August 29, 2007 @ 9:26 pm
yes, because when the parts are killing people, falling to pieces or contain lead paint there won’t REALLY be a very viable means of enacting a recall
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• posted by: Simon
• posted on: August 30, 2007 @ 8:25 am
Sounds like a potential “Airport” disaster movie in the making. “We’re breaking up - everyone to the inflatable escape rafts!”
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