Yenzelwe ukuba ibe sisikhululo sendawo esizimeleyo, iBigelow Aerospace's B330 iya kuba neenkqubo zayo zokuxhasa ubomi kunye neenkqubo zokuqhubela phambili, ezinakho ukuxhasa abasebenzi abane ngokungenammiselo kwaye banokusebenza phantse naphi na.IBigelow Aerospace Kwiminyaka engamashumi amahlanu eyadlulayo, ubuntu baphumelela enye yezona zinto bazifezekisileyo: ukuhla enyangeni . Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba oosomajukujuku beNASA banyathele umphezulu wenyanga, kwafuneka bahambe emajukujukwini ngeenkonkxa zentsimbi ezirhabaxa. Abahambi bendawo bexesha elizayo, nangona kunjalo, banokuthi bahambe ngenqanawa kwiipads ezinokutsha.
Kumashumi eminyaka kamva, i-NASA ikugqatso ngokuchasene nayo ukuze ithumele abantu ukuba baphinde baphume inyanga ngo-2024 . Ukufezekisa le njongo iphambili, iarhente yasesibhakabhakeni iceba ukwakha oko ikubiza ngokuba yiLunar Gateway — isikhululo esincinci sendawo ekujikelezeni kwenyanga. Esi siqwenga esibalulekileyo sehardware sibalulekile kwizicwangciso zearhente kwaye siya kusebenza njengendawo yokugcina izithuthi; oosomajukujuku baya kukhwela kulander oza kwehla apho aye kumphezulu wenyanga kwaye abuyele kwi Isango xa oosomajukujuku bakulungele ukubuyela ekhaya.
Inokuba namacandelo amabini: izibuko lokumisa apho oosomajukujuku banokudlulisa ukusuka kwisiphekepheke sabo baye kumnini mhlaba, kunye nemodyuli yamandla yokugcina yonke into isebenza. Kuba ayizukubakho uyilo lwamathambo, i-NASA ibala kumaqabane ezorhwebo ukwakha ezinye izinto eziyimfuneko, njengabahlali bomhlaba kunye neemodyuli zokuhlala. 
Nangona ubumbeko lungagqitywanga, le infographic ibonisa ulungelelwaniso lwangoku lwamalungu aquka iNASA's Gateway. Iimodyuli eziboniswe ngombala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka yiminikelo yase-US; iimodyuli eziboniswe emfusa zizindululo zamanye amazwe; Iimodyuli ezimthubi zombini ze-US kunye nezamazwe aphesheya, okanye engekamiswa.I-NASA
Iarhente iceba ukudibanisa ezo ndawo zoosomajukujuku kwisikhululo esijikelezayo, ukubonelela ngendawo apho oosomajukujuku banokusebenza khona, baphumle, batye kwaye balale. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iNASA ibambe ukhuphiswano-lubizwa ngokuba yiNext Space Technologies yoPhononongo lobuDlelwane ( Inyathelo elilandelayo Inkqubo -ukujonga ukuba leliphi kumaqabane ezorhwebo elinokwakha eyona ndawo yokuhlala.
Enye yenkampani, IBigelow Aerospace , ithatha indlela eyahlukileyo kwindawo yokuhlala. Isekwe eLas Vegas, eNevada, inkampani icinga ukuba iimodyuli ezinokwandiswa zihlala ziyindlela. Ngokuchasene nehabs engqongqo yexesha elidlulileyo, iimodyuli zeBigelow zaziza kumiliselwa kwimithwalo yempahla yerokethi, emva koko zandise ziye kubukhulu obupheleleyo kube kanye kwi-orbit.
Imodyuli ephambili yeBigelow- i-B330 -Kuyinto enkulu, indlu eyomeleleyo yomzi-mveliso kwindawo. Eyilelwe ukukhwela ukukhwela kwisithuba esixineneyo, nje ukuba simahla kumoya ojikeleze umhlaba, i-B330 iya kuthi yande ngaphandle, idale indawo yokulala yabakhenkethi. 
Ukuphehlelelwa, i-B330 iya kucinezelwa ngokwaneleyo ukuba ilingane ngaphakathi kwe-16.5 yeenyawo ububanzi (5 yeemitha) yokuhlawula umthwalo; emva kokuba ifikelele emajukujukwini, imodyuli iya kufakelwa umoya ngokusebenzisa iicanisters zayo zerhasi.IBigelow Aerospace
Ubume bemodyuli eyandisiweyo yindawo yayo ephambili yokuthengisa; Olu lwakhiwo lwendawo yokuhlala lubonelela ngeenzuzo ezininzi ngaphezulu kweemodyuli zesinyithi eziqhutywa sisiphekepheke. Ayisiyixabiso nje elincinci ukumilisela, kodwa kuba inkulu ngaphakathi kunoyilo lwangaphambili, ngokusisiseko i-TARDIS yendawo yehabs. Ukuphehlelelwa, i-B330 iya kucinezelwa ngokwaneleyo ukuba ilingane ngaphakathi kwe-16.5 yeenyawo ububanzi (5 yeemitha) yokuhlawula umthwalo; emva kokuba ifikelele emajukujukwini, imodyuli iya kufakelwa umoya ngokusebenzisa iicanisters zayo zerhasi.
Ngokwabameli beenkampani, eli nqaku lenza ukuba i-B330 ibonelele ngevolumu enokuhlala ngakumbi kuneemodyuli ze-aluminium zesiko. Ukuthelekisa, imodyuli ine-330 cubic metres (11,650 cubic feet) yevolumu yangaphakathi, ngelixa i-International Space Station iqulethe malunga ne-930 cubic metres (32,840 cubic feet).
Yenzelwe ukuba ibe sisikhululo sendawo esizimeleyo, i-B330 iya kuba neenkqubo zayo zokuxhasa ubomi kunye neenkqubo zokuqhubela phambili, ezinakho ukuxhasa abasebenzi abane ngokungenammiselo kwaye banokusebenza phantse naphi na-kwi-orbit okanye kwindawo enzulu.
I-B330 kukulandelwa komzekelo wokuqala wenkampani, ebizwa ngokuba yiBigelow Expandable Activity Module (AKA i-BEAM), neyayifakwe kwisitishi sendawo ngo-2015. Ubume bendawo engaphandle. U-Bigelow unethemba lokuba i-NASA iya kuthi ekugqibeleni ikhethe i-B330 ukuze isetyenziswe kwiLunar Gateway ezayo. I-NASA iceba ukuqala ukwakhiwa kwiGateway kwangoko ngo-2022 njengenxalenye yenkqubo yayo ka-Artemis, ejolise ekubekeni oosomajukujuku enyangeni ngo-2024 kunye nokuseka ubukho obuzinzileyo, bexesha elide ngaphakathi nasekujikelezeni kwenyanga ngo-2028. 
I-BEAM, i-Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, ifotwe efakwe kwimodyuli yoQinisekiso lwe-ISS kwaye yandiswa ukuya kubungakanani bayo obukhulu.I-NASA
I-NASA ibona le Gateway, kunye nenkqubo yokuphononongwa kwenyanga eza kuthi ixhase, ukuze ibe lilitye lokunyathela iMars. Ke iLunar Gateway inokuba sisiqalo nje seBigelow kunye neB330. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ibe yindawo yasimahla yokuntywila kwindawo esezantsi, i-B330 kufuneka iphumelele iimvavanyo ze-NASA.
Iarhente yendawo ngoku iqhuba iiveki ezimbini uvavanyo lomhlaba kwindawo yokuhlala ye-B330 kwikomkhulu lenkampani eLas Vegas. Oosomajukujuku abaninzi be-NASA bathatha inxaxheba kuvavanyo lokunika igalelo kunye nokuvavanya imodyuli. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, ngubani olunge ngakumbi ukuphonononga indawo yokuhlala endaweni yomntu okhe waya emajukujukwini?
I-cavernous yangaphakathi ye-B330 ibonelela ngendawo yeendawo zokusebenza, iindawo zokupheka, iiprinta ze-3D, izixhobo zokukhula kwezityalo kunye nezinye ezifuna ukubekwa kwindawo ezinzileyo. Ikwanazo neerili zezandla neenyawo ezininzi, eziyimfuneko eziyimfuneko ezisetyenziswa ngoosomajukujuku ukuze bajikeleze amandla omxhuzulane. Kodwa yonke loo nto ifuna ukubekwa nje. Apha kulapho oosomajukujuku bangena khona: Bebesoloko benika ingxelo ngezinto ezahlukeneyo ezinje ngokubekwa kwezandla kunye neenyawo kunye nendlela ingaphakathi elihamba ngayo. 
Oosomajukujuku be-NASA abathathe inxaxheba kuvavanyo lomhlaba lwe-B330 lubeka ecaleni kweetanki zokunyuka kwamaxabiso ngaphakathi kweyunithi yovavanyo yaseBigelow.IBigelow Aerospace
Ukuba izinto zihamba kakuhle kwi-Bigelow, kunye ne-NASA eluhlaza-ikhanyisa indawo yokuhlala, amagosa enkampani athi i-B330 inokulungela ukuthunyelwa kwiinyanga nje ezingama-42.
Kodwa i-hab ephathekayo inokwazi ngaphezulu kweGateway; inokuhamba naphi na, kubandakanya umphezulu wenyanga kwaye EyoKwindla , kunye nokuhamba ngokukhululekileyo kwindawo enzulu. Ii-B330s ezimbini zinokudibanisa, zenza inkqubo yokuhambisa iMartian ebanzi. Kodwa ukuyivavanya kwi-orbit yenyanga lelona nyathelo lokuqala elibalulekileyo ukuya nakweyiphi na inzondelelo yasemajukujukwini.
Indawo yokuhlala inokuhlala kufutshane nasekhaya, ngenxa yotshintsho kumgaqo-nkqubo weNASA. Kwangoko kulo nyaka, iarhente yendawo yabhengeza ukuba ivula iSitishi saMazwe ngaMazwe (ISS) ukuze sisetyenziselwe urhwebo. Ngokwesibhengezo, iinkampani zabucala ziya kuba nakho ukuthumela abemi babucala-abakhenkethi bendawo ye-AKA kuhambo lobomi njengenxalenye yephulo lokunceda ukuvelisa uqoqosho oluzinzileyo kwi-orbit yoMhlaba osezantsi. Amathuba azakuqala ngo-2020 kwaye aza kuza nezikhokelo ezingqongqo. 
Oku kujongeka ngaphakathi kumbindi we-B330, eyenye yeendinyana eziphambili zokuguqulela ngaphakathi kwisitishi sendawo.IBigelow Aerospace
Eyilelwe ukunceda ukukhuthaza uqoqosho emajukujukwini, le nzame intsha iya kwenza ukuba iinkampani ziphuhlise kwaye zibonise itekhnoloji eya kuthi incede i-NASA iphumeze injongo yayo yokufikelela enyangeni.
Ukongeza ekuthumeleni abemi babucala kwisitishi sasemajukujukwini, iarhente ikwanethemba lokuba ezinye iinkampani zinokufuna ukuzenzela ezabo iimodyuli ezinokuncamathisela isikhululo. U-Bigelow ucebise ukuba kuqhotyoshelwe i-B330 kwi-ISS, efanayo naleyo yenziwe yinkampani ngemodyuli ye-BEAM. 
Kule ntetho, i-B330 ibonakala kwi-node yangaphambili yeSitishi seSithuba saMazwe ngaMazwe.IBigelow Aerospace
NgoJuni, uBigelow nkqu kwaziswa ukuba ithengile izihlalo kwizindululo ezine ze-SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, isithuthi esitsha esiza kukwazi ukuhambisa abantu kwi-orbit yoMhlaba osezantsi. Izicwangciso yayikukuthengisa amatikiti kubakhenkethi nge- $ 52 yezigidi inye; Nangona kunjalo, ezo zicwangciso zibanjiwe ngokungapheliyo.
Kungenxa yokuba ukuthumela abakhenkethi kwi-ISS yindlela enzima ngakumbi kunaye nabani na owaziyo-singasathethi ke, kunzima kakhulu ukufumana abantu abanokuqokelela ngaphezulu kwe-50 yezigidi zeedola kutyelelo olufutshane kwindawo.
Okwangoku, nangona kunjalo, inkampani ijolise ekwenzeni i-orbit yenyanga. Ukuba iBigelow inokubambelela kwisivumelwano esinqwenelekayo, mhlawumbi inokugcina iphupha lalo lendawo yokuhlala enzulu ngakumbi isaphila.
