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The same Lowell Wood whose group dreamed up the Brilliant Pebbles concept later came up with a return-to-the-Moon/Mars exploration scheme using some zany techno
by inejge 3y ago
The same Lowell Wood whose group dreamed up the Brilliant Pebbles concept later came up with a return-to-the-Moon/Mars exploration scheme using some zany technology, including inflatable spacecraft, which the critics proceeded to name "Brilliant Condoms".
- pfdietz 3y agoWas that the scheme that used the rocket engine with piston pumps?
- keepamovin 3y agoAn excellent bit of trivia! As if spacecraft particulary Rocketships weren’t phallic enough already
- Intralexical 3y agoTranshab is kinda still around (or at least was until the pandemic), and even has a fully functional package hooked up to the ISS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransHab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransHab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Expandable_Activity_Module https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigelow_Expandable_Activity_Mo... Image sequence of it inflating in space: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BEAM_module_expansion_series.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BEAM_module_expansio...