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NASA blew up this inflatable space station structure on purpose
It was a good burst.
By Umar Shakir, a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. That’s because the full-size inflatable structure in this “ultimate burst pressure” test only failed after exceeding NASA’s recommended x4 safety levels by 22 percent. Sierra Space’s inflatable structure, known as a Large Integrated Flexible Environment, or LIFE, had its last stress test in January.
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