A Bouncy Castle In Space…Sort Of

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Photo:Bigelow Inflatables
Inflatable habitats at the Bigelow Aerospace facility in Las Vegas.

Bigelow Aerospace plans to send inflatable habitats into low-earth orbit aboard rockets from Centennial’s United Launch Alliance. The deal was announced at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs earlier this month.

Doug Duncan, director of Boulder's Fiske Planetarium, spoke with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner about the Bigelow project and other Colorado-related space news.

Photo: Aerogel in hand
Aerogel, which has been nicknamed "blue smoke," has a ghostly appearance but feels like hard styrofoam to the touch. It can be used to capture dust in space.