Bootstrapping - Step two

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# 17242 byvictoriatangoman <tango_dancer@... on Dec. 22, 2002, 8:51 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

2.) Build a pressurized assembly bay attached to the LEO station.

This is our first opportunity to test out vacuuum vapor deposition.
I foresee an inflated spherical mylar balloon with prefabricated
airlocks and connecting tunnels already installed.

The workers now work to perfect the technology by covering the
sphere with a uniform layer of metal.

This bay will be used for the future assembly of orbital transfer
vehicles, other complicated structures, for storage of components
that can't be exposed to vacuum, and for a real fun place to zoom
around in without a spacesuit :)

I think that this bay will be necessary because of the difficulty in
working in a spacesuit.

Furthermore, this can serve as an early platform for testing
procedures in fabrication that will be faced in the Space
Manufacturing Facility in the future.

TangoMan