from the when-one-door-closes-another-opens dept.
The ISS Is About to Receive a New Doorway to Space:
The International Space Station (ISS) is about to take delivery of what NASA describes as a new "doorway to space."
The Bishop Airlock Module, that's its official name, was built by Texas-based Nanoracks and will arrive at the space station early next month as part of SpaceX's next supply mission. Astronauts currently serving as the station's Expedition 64 crew will then fit the module to an available port.
Nanoracks' Bishop Airlock Module is special in that it'll be the first permanent, commercial addition to the space station. Also, with a height of 1.8 meters and a diameter of 2 meters, it'll offer fives times the volume that can currently be moved in and out of the orbiting laboratory.
A new doorway to space is coming to the @Space_Station! ????✨
Launching on the 21st commercial resupply mission, @Nanoracks#BishopAirlock Module will allow more researchers and companies to move larger payloads inside and outside the station. Learn more: https://t.co/GiqgvW5hpgpic.twitter.com/Vpir46MyVJ
— NASA's Kennedy Space Center (@NASAKennedy) November 25, 2020
[...] As we look forward to seeing how the module will be used by private companies and researchers, NASA notes that the space agency itself has already booked multiple slots for use of the airlock for more banal activities, namely the disposal of larger pieces of trash that will later burn up on entry into Earth's atmosphere.
(Score: 2) by Snotnose on Saturday November 28 2020, @11:45PM
I can now fit into the ISS! I'll start a GoFundMe and y'all can help me check off a bucket list item.
When the dust settled America realized it was saved by a porn star.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 28 2020, @11:49PM (2 children)
This will come in handy for spacing a mutinous crew.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday November 29 2020, @03:34AM (1 child)
Have they actually installed a huge asshole?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 29 2020, @10:19AM
Not until June 20th.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 29 2020, @12:09AM
Rats, I was expecting a Door into Summer.
> Its title was triggered by a remark which Heinlein's wife Virginia made when their cat refused to leave the house: "He's looking for a door into summer."[1] Heinlein wrote the novel in 13 days.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 29 2020, @12:57AM (2 children)
very tiny dolls with humongous breasts
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 29 2020, @02:27AM
And massive cocks and balls. The Futanari is Now.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 29 2020, @04:09AM
You mean fat whores with.....oh, nevermind.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Sunday November 29 2020, @03:31AM
Did they name it after the android in "Aliens"?