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Sierra Space is working on inflatable habitats for NASA, in addition to it's space flight efforts.
At 2:18 into this video, the specifications for a full sized habitat are given:
Name: LIFE 1400
Volume 1400 cubic meters
Length: 16.2 meters
Diameter 11 meters
7 meters Fairing
The habitat is shown with metal ports at both ends.
The video is about the tests of strength performed with a 1/3 scale model at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDhrM6dsGJA
I am interested in this habitat for a rotating space craft. These could be arranged in a ring, side-by-sided instead of nose to nose.
Each could be a cabin for one or more passengers.
In coming days, I will attempt to compute the number of these habitats that could be arranged in a circle of the dimensions of a space vessel designed to provide sensible gravity for travelers on long trips.
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