Presentation to the NASA FISO telecon group from Jeff Valania on SNC's NextSTEP-2 Deep Space Gateway project: http://fiso.spiritastro.net/telecon/Valania_1-3-18/
Quote from: Ronsmytheiii on 01/22/2018 05:39 pmPresentation to the NASA FISO telecon group from Jeff Valania on SNC's NextSTEP-2 Deep Space Gateway project: http://fiso.spiritastro.net/telecon/Valania_1-3-18/Fascinating use of some existing components... Nice proposal from a scrappy company (but why ILC Dover instead of Bigelow?)
Quote from: Lar on 01/22/2018 06:52 pmQuote from: Ronsmytheiii on 01/22/2018 05:39 pmPresentation to the NASA FISO telecon group from Jeff Valania on SNC's NextSTEP-2 Deep Space Gateway project: http://fiso.spiritastro.net/telecon/Valania_1-3-18/Fascinating use of some existing components... Nice proposal from a scrappy company (but why ILC Dover instead of Bigelow?)Legacy NASA contractor?
Quote from: Rocket Science on 05/23/2018 02:35 pmQuote from: Lar on 01/22/2018 06:52 pmQuote from: Ronsmytheiii on 01/22/2018 05:39 pmPresentation to the NASA FISO telecon group from Jeff Valania on SNC's NextSTEP-2 Deep Space Gateway project: http://fiso.spiritastro.net/telecon/Valania_1-3-18/Fascinating use of some existing components... Nice proposal from a scrappy company (but why ILC Dover instead of Bigelow?)Legacy NASA contractor?Or... Bigelow isn't the only company in the world that could make an inflatable habitat.
Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) completed a NASA study for the Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), which is the first module planned to be launched for NASA’s Gateway in lunar orbit. The study was performed under one of SNC’s Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships-2 (NextSTEP-2) contracts. SNC plans to submit a bid to win the NASA contract when the agency issues its formal solicitation for the element later this year.