Bigelow Aerospace, A new Genesis in space Options

[ljk4-1]

To quote:

On June 16, he'll use a Russian Dnepr rocket to launch a 1/3-scale Genesis model of his planned commercial orbital space station. That much has been public for a while. What I didn't learn until just now is what will be on that module.

Freefloating inside will be 1,000 photocards and small personal objects contributed by Bigelow employees. If all goes well, those items will be continuously blown throughout the pressurized module in a kind of space collage. Six onboard cameras will stream video to Bigelow's new website, which will launch tomorrow or Friday. Seven external cameras will provide views of the Earth from space and the outside of the module.

If that doesn't get even the most disinterested member of the public at least intrigued about the possibilities of space travel, I don't know what will.

But it gets better. Subject to a successful launch of the first module, Bigelow will launch a second Genesis module in September, and that one will contain photos and other small items contributed by anyone who cares to pony up $295.

Full article here:

http://michaelbelfiore.com/blog/2006/05/bi...s-to-orbit.html

[lyford]

short videos up at

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/video.php

i can see how they need to fix that circulation issue before they start charging 300 bucks a picture to go whizzing by....

[AndyG]

short videos up at

http://www.bigelowaerospace.com/out_there/video.php

i can see how they need to fix that circulation issue before they start charging 300 bucks a picture to go whizzing by....

...presumably "mission end" is when all the pictures flock to one spot on the wall and disappear one-by-one?

Andy G

[lyford]

...presumably "mission end" is when all the pictures flock to one spot on the wall and disappear one-by-one?

Now that would be a video feed I would pay to see... rocket cam on the way back down!