Sierra Space tested an inflatable habitat prototype fitted with a metallic window sub-structure. "The LIFE habitat will house a minimum of two windows," according to a release from the commercial space company.
Credit: Sierra Space
Credit: Sierra Space
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00:00What is an ultimate burst pressure? It's what the team loves to do. We take that subscale,
00:04we maximum pressurize it, and we make it explode, destroy it. All of this testing, all of this development,
00:10what we might deem bringing it to failure, is actually bringing it to success.
00:15We're failing to succeed.
00:30The whole idea of this plate is to create a rigid point and a soft structure that can be used to mount anything to, like a window or an airlock.
00:44What better window in this entire world than if you're up in space and you look down at Earth?
00:49This will be the first time that there's a soft goods inflatable habitat in space with a window,
00:55because we want to make sure our product lines are robust and they're safe.
00:59How do we make them safe in space? We fail them on Earth. And then in space, they don't fail.