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In <720692905snx@osea.demon.co.uk> andy@osea.demon.co.uk (Andrew Haveland-Robinson) writes:


>In article <1992Oct31.023129.9034@access.usask.ca> choy@skorpio.usask.ca (I am a terminator.) writes:

>>Can robots be launched to build the space station? They can work overtime.
>>
>>Henry Choy
>>choy@cs.usask.ca

>Of course they could - this is just another area where Virtual Reality
>will come into its own...

>Virtual space travel and construction is much safer than the real thing!
>Major cock-ups needn't involve loss of life, so I think this should
>justify more VR space research...

>(They don't need feeding or oxygen and don't produce any awkward waste
>either... )

>Anyone know what's going on?
	
	One thing that has always had me wondering about construction in space,
Is it feesable to blow bubbles in space? Ie blow a large bubble out of some
plastic/foam/whatever compound so that you end up with a nice pressurised module
without much hassle, and if you could design the bubble maker such that it
connects to some sort of airlock you wouldn't have to cut a hole in the
surface of the bubble. 
	Basicly inflate, check that it is aok, then start work on the interior.

Im sure someone must have tried some experiments along this line in the past,
so why can't we do this type of thing....

Paul.