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Old June 10th 11, 08:26 AM posted to sci.space.station
Jorge R. Frank
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Default Inflatable habitats.

On 9/06/2011 4:56 PM, Brian Gaff wrote:
Now I don't know about you, but all these designs and talk of space lofts
and inflatable habitats, worries me a little. I'd not want to live in
one.
It just seems to be so much more vulnerable than normal hardware.


Hypervelocity impact tests at NASA show that inflatable modules handle
MMOD impacts better than conventional aluminum modules.