aftermath of 'retirement' of the Space Shuttle Discovery the NASA has already to work. It is next creating a new prototype created by the space agency American stationed in orbit. It is a tubular capsule that can be reused for several missions, which can accommodate up to 6 crew members and large enough to contain the fuel necessary for a stay of almost two years.
His name is Nautilus-X and may already be experienced for the 2020 space missions. The news was Edward Henderson, the Johnson Space Center of NASA.
Born from the idea proposed by Bigelow Aerospace , Nautilus will assembled with the inflatable modules and will contain a link that might provide partial gravity, and systems that dispense water and liquid hydrogen. Nautilus function is mainly that of functioning as spacecraft orbiting for shipments. It is also designed to suit the mission that it decides to undertake. Here, if a shipment at a time of Moon or Mars , it may be equipped with the necessary supply of fuel and equipment specifications.
Ring di cui è provvisto sarà la cabina che conterrà l’equipaggio durante i viaggi spaziali; ma includerà anche strumenti che potranno essere lanciati in orbita dallo stesso Nautilus.
Si pensa che esso potrà in futuro essere testato proprio sull' Iss . Una volta lanciato verso la stazione spaziale, infatti, la navetta potrebbe funzionare anche da quartier generale della stazione orbitante.
Il progetto è stato esposto al Technology Applications Assessment Team della Nasa , lo stesso ente che si sta occupando della realizzazione di nuove e meno costose tecnologie per raggiungere lo spazio . However, times are very long. It will take about five years for its construction and requiring at least three reactors launch. Its total cost is around $ 3.7 billion.
still all very confusing, but not impossible. But it is now given for granted that technology Bigelow, associated with multi-purpose carriers as the Nautilus, is opening new perspectives for the future of NASA .
Federica Vitale
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