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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Bigelow Aerospace Llc, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Inventor:
Robert T. Bigelow, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Assignee:
Bigelow Aerospace, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/26 (2006.01); B64G 1/60 (2006.01); B64G 1/12 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/26 (2013.01); B64G 1/12 (2013.01); B64G 1/60 (2013.01); B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 2001/1071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transport landing vehicle for transferring an astronaut to and from an extraterrestrial mass such as a moon, asteroid, or small planet is disclosed. The transport landing vehicle has a cage that is substantially open to the outside environment.