Living, working and manufacturing in space in orbital megacities… The “vision” of Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and the space company Blue Origin, was revealed in 2019. But before implementing such a project, he has to go through several steps.
The first was launched by Europe, this Friday announcing a contract between Franco-Luxembourg startup Space Cargo Unlimited and Thales Alenia Space (TAS), a joint venture between the French defense group and Italy’s Leonardo. The purpose: to place in low orbit, 350 to 400 km from Earth, the first private “floating space factory” equipped with research and production capacity in microgravity conditions.
Research in the field of microgravity
Under the terms of the agreement, TAS will be the prime contractor for a service module that will remain in orbit and to which a space plant, called REV1, also designed by TAS, will be attached for two- to three-month missions. REV1 will then detach from this module to return to Earth. With this pressure, the factory ship…
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Source: Le Figaro
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