一个由57所重点大学和研究协会组成的团体提出了一项大胆的计划,用发射航天飞机抛弃的燃料箱作结构来建造他们自己的空间站。一般情况下,这些笨重的箱子当它们从接近轨道速度坠落时就毁坏了,最后穿过大气层落入印度洋。该团体想把这些箱子推入轨道并用它们作为积木式组件在空间建造巨大的工业和研究工场。虽然这种空间站与航宇局的空间站比较显得很简朴,但其成 A group of 57 major universities and research associations came up with a bold plan to build their own space station with the structure of a fuel tank abandoned by a space shuttle. In general, these heavy boxes are destroyed when they fall from near-orbit speeds and eventually fall through the atmosphere into the Indian Ocean. The group wanted to push these boxes into orbit and use them as building blocks to create enormous industrial and research workplaces in space. Although this type of space station is relatively simple with NASA’s space station, it has become a reality