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More moon work at Langley

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Here is another article about work going on here qat NASA Langley that ties into the return to the moon. Maybe noone isintrested but i like to show off what our little underfunded research center is doing for space exploration.

http://space.com/scienceastronomy/07032 ... e_hab.html
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This has been in the works for years. I have a space travel book from the late seventies and it talks about inflatable structures to be used on the moon and Mars.
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True the idea has been are to implement the idea. Hech the space station idea was around for years too but didnt come to fruition till years later either. Also check out my post on project Orion for video of other work Langley is doing for the moon program.
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