Industry Background
- Current developments in space launch facilities is generating a lot of interest for new space exploration options from companies and private individuals
- Space transportation systems are nearing a point of becoming more cost effective, allowing easier access to the space market for countries and companies who had previously not considered it as a viable opportunity
- Current costs involved in extraterrestrial habitable modules is currently very expensive and mission specific, requiring high investment cost for single use modules that usually don’t offer a lot in return for new module productions
Current State of Space Modules and Explorers
- Habitable modules on the ISS cost around $ 2 Billion each to design, construct and test
- Mars exploration missions (Mars Lab & Insight) have cost around $ 500 Million/ton to develop and that was just for scientific equipment with no Habitational requirements
- Near future developments such as Bigalow BA330 Expandable habitats are still expected to cost $150 million/330 m3/month to lease when made available
- Annual ISS operating costs are estimated to be around $4,0 Billion/year
Why Modules
There are many new developments ongoing for possible ways to develop habitable units on the Moon and Mars.
At Space Habitats we are looking for the fastest way in which we maybe able to develop a colony using current available technology. Currently this is the development of modules that can be constructed on Earth and be readily deployed on the off world location as a functioning module.
