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The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is an experimental expandable space station module developed by Bigelow Aerospace, under contract to NASA, for testing as a temporary module on the International Space Station (ISS) from 2016 to at most 2028, when the contract can not be further extended.
This module is known as the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM). The BEAM was successfully launched and attached to the ISS in 2016. In March 2021, Bigelow Aerospace filed a lawsuit against NASA. Bigelow Aerospace claimed that NASA owed the company $1.05 million.
Bigelow claimed that the module provided radiation protection equivalent to, and ballistic protection superior to, the International Space Station. [ 7 ] The exterior of the craft was 16.88 meters (55 ft) long by 6.7 meters (22 ft) in diameter [ 5 ] and the module weighed 23,000 kilograms (50,000 lb).
Called Bigelow Space Operations (BSO), the new private space company will oversee the marketing and customer service, as well as become the operations center for the space habitats its parent ...
The structure would have an outside diameter of 30 feet (9.1 m) with a 30-inch (760 mm) ring interior cross-section diameter and would provide 0.08 to 0.51 G (0.8–5 m/s 2 or 2.6–16.4 ft/s 2). This test and evaluation centrifuge would have the capability to become a sleep module for ISS crew.
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As with the B330 module, the number in the name refers to the number of cubic meters of space offered by the module when fully expanded in space (equivalent to 74,000 cubic feet). [5] The mass of the BA 2100 could be as low as 65,000 to 70,000 kg (143,000 to 154,000 lb), [1] [2] but would more likely be "in the range of 100 metric tons". [6]
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