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Inflating space for public discourse

The pillowy and billowy REFRACTOR captures attention wherever it pops up. Photo: Trevor Dykstra. One minute, the neighborhood park is quiet; the next, it’s filled with protesters, party animals or players of Pokémon GO. The Seattle Design Nerds is an all-volunteer nonprofit organization dedicated to design in the public realm. The Nerds decided [...]

By |2016-10-01T00:00:59-05:00October 1, 2016|

Space under pressure

Expandable habitats like BEAM greatly decrease the amount of transport volume for future space missions. They weigh less and take up less room on a rocket while allowing additional space for living and working. Photo: Bigelow Aerospace. The first inflatable structure designed for human use in orbit was attached to the Tranquility module [...]

By |2016-08-01T00:00:00-05:00August 1, 2016|
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