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Spaceships

Habitat

Bigelow BA-330 habitat
Bigelow Genesis habitat

Astronauts can expect luxuriously large spaceships. The Bigelow BA-330 has as much room as the bridge of the Enterprise and the Bigelow Genesis has as much room as a Humvee. Bigelow habitats are lighter than NASA habitats and have thicker walls. Thicker walls are helpful for defending against micrometeorites and radiation.

               Mass (tons)   Volume (m3)

Bigelow BA-330     23          330
Bigelow Genesis     3           11

Life support

Aeroponic plants
Space station life support

The space station life support system requires:

Power  =  1  kWatt/person
Water  =  1  kg/person/day
Food   =  1  kg/person/day

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