NASA struggles to inflate space 'bounce house'

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NASA is finding it very hard to inflate the bouce castle .
link to storie.
some thing to do with inflatine it in a deep pool of water!
its the high pressure of the water.
in a vacuum it is Very easy to inflate a balloon.
remember the space walks with water leaking into the helmets?

we live in a workd of lyes and deception.

a reply to: buddha

Hopefully they'll get it sorted tomorrow.
Guess it's kinda like putting up a new tent for the first time , easier the second time.

a reply to: buddha

I didn't know they were adding a module. Thanks for posting.

a reply to: buddha

Well, that sucks. I hope this doesn't set things back for years and years........

a reply to: buddha

Can you be more clear on the lies and deception part.

Well, that's one heck of an artist's impression in the link??

Anyway I guess the guys on the station ran out of puff...what else?

originally posted by: smurfy
Well, that's one heck of an artist's impression in the link??

Anyway I guess the guys on the station ran out of puff...what else?

Moisture adhering to the outer fabric of the device could have frozen once in space, causing the fabric shell to become semi-rigid and non-inflatable for the moment.

originally posted by: gortex
a reply to: buddha

Hopefully they'll get it sorted tomorrow.
Guess it's kinda like putting up a new tent for the first time , easier the second time.

I hope they do get it to work. I was helping Robert Bigelow Finance Genesis with a $20 Mill Loan but Bank American Killed my Deal when the Market Crashed in 2008.

originally posted by: Bhadhidar

originally posted by: smurfy
Well, that's one heck of an artist's impression in the link??

Anyway I guess the guys on the station ran out of puff...what else?

Moisture adhering to the outer fabric of the device could have frozen once in space, causing the fabric shell to become semi-rigid and non-inflatable for the moment.

Not likely the thing was encapsulated in such a sloppy way that condensation would effect it and even if it did, any time the sun hit its surface, that moisture would be history.

Flight controllers here are looking very carefully at the situation.

Obviously a major malfunction.

A press conference is scheduled for noon today to give an update on the expansion operation and plans for trying to expand the module again.
www.nasa.gov...

originally posted by: gortex
A press conference is scheduled for noon today to give an update on the expansion operation and plans for trying to expand the module again.
www.nasa.gov...

It just shows you that they can't get the right help these days! I mean like, where's the 'air' hostess when you need one?

So this means that the space isn't a vacuum but water above the firmament?
I always knew that NASA 's big lie, a waste of taxes to the military

a reply to: buddha

The article says nothing about inflating it in a "deep pool of water" (or any water). The way I see it, the only "lyes(sic) and deception" are coming from you.

originally posted by: buddha
in a vacuum it is Very easy to inflate a balloon.

You got first hand experience, have you?

originally posted by: GetHyped

originally posted by: buddha
in a vacuum it is Very easy to inflate a balloon.

You got first hand experience, have you?

:sain

Yes! if you take the pump out of a old freezer.
you can make a pressure pump up to 400 PSI.
yes! I did test it.

or on the in side make a Vacuum pump.
Be Very very carfull it can blow up and kill!
lots of great experiments on youtube, some with high volts.

in a vacuum you only need a Very little air to inflate a balloon.
becuse the vacuum is pulling on the out side of the balloon.

originally posted by: buddha
becuse the vacuum is pulling on the out side of the balloon.

Vacuums don't "pull" on anything.

Here is the vid from the article.

The BEAM is expanded.

The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) was expanded to its full size at 4:10 p.m. EDT. Expansion was completed as the International Space Station flew over the south Pacific at an altitude of 252 miles. The NASA and Bigelow Aerospace teams working with NASA Astronaut Jeff Williams will now begin the final step to open eight tanks of air stored within the BEAM to pressurize the module.
blogs.nasa.gov...

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