Max Space Expandable Habitats Technology

Max Space expandable habitat technology could reduce costs and maximize space...in space.  Credit: Max Space

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00:00The International Space Station took 60 launches and $100 billion to make.

00:18Unless we make usable space in space a lot less expensive and much, much larger,

00:24humanity's future in space will remain limited.

00:30My first company, Made in Space, pioneered the first in-space manufacturing.

00:36But I quickly realized if we were ever going to bring real commercialization to space,

00:40we needed a lot more volume.

00:42Expandables are the only comprehensive solution that allowed this to be possible.

00:47And no one in the world knows space expandables better than Maxim.

00:51I built the first two inflatable, deployable spacecraft, Genesis 1 and 2,

00:56and they're still circling the globe to this day.

01:00Despite the success, we needed still a much bigger size.

01:04We developed a proprietary expandable architecture.

01:08It decomposes the pressure shell into discrete uncoupled structural elements.

01:13It means that we can double, triple, quadruple the size of our architecture with full predictability.

01:20Our expandables at MaxSpace are safer and stronger than standard metallic architecture.

01:26We've tested our modules to the limit.

01:28We exploded them, launched projectiles at them, vibe-tested, vacuum-tested, exposed them to space's harshest conditions.

01:36Our MaxSpace modules are bigger, easier to manufacture, and more scalable than other systems.

01:42We just finished our full fidelity ground unit and are now building our flight unit,

01:46which will be the largest expandable habitat to ever go to space.

01:50The cost of launching to space is dropping dramatically.

01:53But without access to more volume, the potential of space remains out of our grasp.

01:58Our mission is to unlock a new frontier for humanity.

02:01This will enable new drugs to be created in space, revolutionary space-farming technologies,

02:07removing heavy industries' limitations on Earth, and a new type of entertainment.

02:17Everything we do stems from one goal, more volume, less cost.

02:22We get orders of magnitude more volume per rocket.

02:26That means one ISS at less than 1% of the cost.

02:31MaxSpace was created to maximize space in space in a way that's never been possible.

02:37All before.