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NASA backs deep space habitat made with old ISS cargo module

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NASA has given Lockheed Martin the go-ahead to build a full-scale prototype of the deep space habitat it proposed for the NextSTEP program. That means in around 18 months time, it might start testing new space travel technologies for the agency. No, not in orbit, but right inside a facility at NASAs Kennedy Space Center. To meet the agencys affordability goals, the aerospace corporation wont be building the habitat from scratch — instead, it will refurbish an old container space …<...
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