NASA and Sierra Space blew up another space habitat in June, and everyone is smiling about it. That’s because the full-size inflatable structure in this Ultimate Burst Pressure test only failed after exceeding NASA’s recommended x4 safety levels by 22 percent.
“This second burst test will get us the design, repeatability, and architecture as we go towards our certification of the pressure shell of the LIFE habitat,” Sierra Space’s program manager for softgoods, Beth Licavoli, said…
