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Mystery private firm is building an orbiting space outpost to house civilian astronauts for months at a time
2021-08-28
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Collins Aerospace in Charlotte, North Carolina, builds systems for space stations

  • This includes water recycling and life support systems commissioned by NASA

  • The firm confirmed it has a private customer building a commercial orbital base

  • It isn't clear who the developer of the space station is or when it will be launched

  • Axiom Space is the frontrunner as they are planning for a private space station

  • The space tourism firm has a deal with SpaceX and has a proposed module for the International Space Station exclusively for the use of private astronauts
Posted by:Skidmark

#5  ^ *SNORT*
Posted by: Frank G   2021-08-28 13:21  

#4  Volcano lairs. Let me tell ya, pain in the ass. All those environmental impact studies, then you got the greenies sending you bills for carbon offsets or some shit like the volcano would just stop emitting CO2 if nobody was there. The constantly shifting foundation means there is no such thing as a right angle; you try loading a nuclear device onto a missile when the approachway looks like a Escher drawing on dollar tequila shot night. Can't get cold water. Can't use the lava tube service entrance because those ghawdammed tiktokers doing yoga selfies all the time. The worst, the worst, is once a month some young gal get thrown in and splatter all over your work station. Totally random; if they just pick a day, 1st of the month, 3rd Friday, whatever, but noooo, you get some 3 seconds of screaming as a heads up then -splat-.

No, a Drax station, that is the future. No space shuttle to ferry up space marines. No hippies on walkabouts getting a sense for Gaia's aura, dinner tastes like the food instead of brimstone, if you miss the sunset just wait a couple hours, sounds fantastic.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-08-28 13:19  

#3  Eventually to be the site of the Uber-Davos meetings. So they can literally look down on their possessions.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-08-28 09:58  

#2  D D Harriman smiles
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2021-08-28 02:40  

#1  Now that a volcano lair is standard equipment for super-villains, a man has to go the extra mile to show the world he is a criminal genius. Space is the place. The High Ground. The Final Frontier... although if the Universe is infinite then the frontier is not that final. You could call it the Infinite Frontier, but then you lose the alliteration and that probably won't fly with Marketing.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-08-28 01:29  

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