New Traditions

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> So what should we expect to develop in orbit?
>
> TangoMan
>
> Depends on who puts it there. NASA continues as it has - we will see
> more pressurized cans in LEO. I've read all kinds of other space
> habitats from the glass or water filled bubble - to a shuttle that
just
> goes up and hangs out in GEO or at a langraninan point. The one I
heard
> about through SSI is the hulk of the hydrogen/LOX tanks used for a
start
> up habitat. As the shuttle will be disappearing in a few years
(2010)
> our window closes on that gig. I wish someone in a position of power
> would show some imagination and think outside of the box. Or in this
> case - the can.
>
> Ted