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The ISS will be completed in 2010, however, I am thinking of possibly merging of ISS and CSS (Commercial Space Complex). The Bigelow aerospace succeed in their Genesis-1 and I expect in the early next decade, BA330 will be commercially avaliable. Under current plan, the US is not going to utilize the ISS after mid2010 due to the VSE. So, why don't we expand the current ISS config into a multipurpose space complex?<br /><br />the advantage of merging the planned CSS with ISS:<br />1. make effective use of the ISS to generate revenue<br />2. keep the ISS alive for commercial use<br />3. building the largest space complex weighting more than 700mT which enable research on many people living in space<br /><br />My proposed way of expanding the ISS to ISS-CSS complex<br />1. Node 4 will be attached to the Zvezda module<br />2. 4 service modules with advanced life support systems will be attached to the 4 side ports of Node 4. This will enable 30+ people to stay in the complex(This is especially important for a hotel)<br />3. a rotatable pressurized module is attached to the end of Node 4<br />4. a long, narrow pressurized tunnel is attached to 1 sideport of the rotable pressurized module.<br />5. Another end of the pressurized tunnel attached to rotation control module, a small rigid module which has several small jets<br />6. a number of BA330s will form a close ring with the rotation control module<br />7. to meet the increasing the demand for more power, 2 additional trusses with 4 solar wings will be attached to the existing truss system<br /><br />drawings will be uploaded later<br /><br />please give some comments, thx.