NASA revives 50-year-old idea to recycle space stations in orbit

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A long-dormant plan for a space station built in space from recycled parts may be getting new legs. NASA has signed an estimated $10 million contract to study the possibility of turning used rocket stages into functioning labs with support for a crew. Before Skylab, the first US space station, went into orbit in the […]

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June 13, 2017 at 02:08AM