How Inflatable Space Habitats Will Change Space Exploration
In this interview, I m talking with Shawn Buckley who is the Senior Director of Engineering at Sierra Space. We talk about the development of their LIFE module, discuss how inflatable habitats can change space exploration and what part they play in humanity s space future. https://www.youtube.com/@UCRLfhb0ZRhIYVzL-tjgEATw https://twitter.com/SierraSpaceCo https://www.instagram.com/sierraspaceco/ 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Intro 01:32 Burst tests 02:50 What is the LIFE Module 08:00 Working with NASA 09:11 Risks of inflatable habitats 15:33 Inside the module 18:39 Deployment in space 25:14 Project timeframe 27:20 Future applications 39:29 Humanity in space 41:06 Outro 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 60,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe Free: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER frasercain@gmail.com ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) You are free to use my work for any purpose you like, just mention me as the source and link back to this video.
