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Watch a space station habitat blow up.
Totally intentional, no harm done: it’s the second burst test for Sierra Space’s LIFE habitat module design. Sierra’s a private company that spun out of Sierra Nevada Corp (no relation to the beer), and it’s slated to help build Blue Origin’s Orbital Reef space station with some US government funding.
You can see an artistic rendering of that station, with a couple of these inflatable modules attached, right here.
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