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kevin_thibedeau on Feb 23, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bigelow Space Operations – B330 Space Station

It would be better to design the B330 to be its own fairing with just a launcher specific adapter ring at the base. That would provide a significant weight savings, reduce the volumetric constraints, and eliminate fairing separation mishaps.

wumpus on Feb 23, 2018 | [–]

Fairings are an extremely tricky thing to design, and the B330 is not made out of materials that can survive a launch.

ChuckMcM on Feb 23, 2018 | [–]

Oh I like that idea. I'm not sure how it would expose the docking ports once in orbit though.

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