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Monday, March 05, 2007<br />Information on Bigelow's Genesis 2 <br />Bigelow Aerospace has an article, showing the differences in the Genesis 1 and Genesis 2. Genesis 1 is currently orbiting the Earth and the Genesis 2 is set to be launched in April. <br /><br />To Summarize:<br /><br /><br /><br />Improvements on the materials used in the construction of the inflatable modules<br />Upgrades in the control and sensory equipment (so better pictures?)<br />Tripled data rates (with Alaska and Hawaii ground sites) with a comm window of 5 hours/day<br /><br />Increased communications results in better vision systems (so better pictures?) plus outside cameras showing a better view of the module in space<br />Additional pressure, temperature, attitude control and radiation detection sensors<br />Multi-tank inflation system<br />More refined pointing control and a faster dampening of the initial tip-off rate or body rotation from rocket separation<br /><br /><br />Space Pragmatism <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#993300"><span class="body"><font size="2" color="#3366ff"><div align="center">. </div><div align="center">Never roll in the mud with a pig. You'll both get dirty & the pig likes it.</div></font></span></font> </div>