The Next-Gen Space Stations That Could Replace The ISS | Answers With Joe

The end of the ISS is less than 10 years away. Here's what's coming next.
From the luxury space hotels of Axiom Space to the inflatable super habitats of Bigelow Aerospace to future international efforts, these are the places where we could be living and working in the coming decades.

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Timestamps:

0.00 - Skylab
2:30 - How we got to the ISS
6:00 - Axiom Space
8:23 - The Chinese Space Station
9:30 - India's Space Station Project
10:05 - Bigelow's Expandable Space Stations
12:15 - Nanoracks
14:30 - Blue Origin's Plans
16:00 - The Lunar Gateway
17:35 - The End of the ISS
19:45 - Sponsor Message

[wareshubham]

BlueOrigin is known for two decades of stunning ANIMATIONS .

[GareebScientist]

That's cool to see my animation in the video 🖖🏼

[jerthebear]

My uncle was a professional artist, and did renderings for skylab. He always put a little mouse in all his pieces, so if you see a skylab painting with a mouse in it, it's his.

[QuantumBraced]

"A decent flip phone was $1000 25 years ago". An unimaginable price for a phone today.

[harriehausenman]

Amazon order in the future:
Please step back, your order will impact in 5 minutes!

[MichaelJohnson-lkmg]

I don't understand why these inflatable habitats have not been the all rage. The amount of workable space provided by these habitats is amazing.

[FRodrigo]

LOL "I'd throw up everywhere, but I'd do it". Me too!

[TimeBucks]

There's still no replacement for STS

[YounesLayachi]

The most exciting part of this video is the repurposing of rocket stages and building useful things in space from scrapped parts

[kykk]

When kids in the UK were asked what they want to be when they grow up, for the first time since the 70's the list wasn't topped by ASTRONAUT...it had been replaced by YOUTUBER! In other words you're living the dream, man.

Also it made me cry a little.

Edit: I can't verify this as true, just something I heard in a podcast and didn't question the authenticity of it.

[scottdalton]

Starship + Bigelow = massive space station. We wouldn't need tiny modules and that would push us so much farther into the time-line most want to see.

[crp]

I've always thought the Bigelow inflatables is a great idea. Seems to be build able now, if Star Ship gets up to speed, you could put a bunch of large Bigelow habitats in to space quick.

[bigbootros]

I hope we keep and increase international cooperation in space. It's a common goal we should all share together.

[AudibleFist]

“Halo being delayed” well it isn’t the first time I’ve heard that.

[MrGoesBoom]

Shame about Bigelow, I'd say 5 years ( geeze has it already been that long?! ) of staying up and intact proves their design has great merit. Hopefully someone else will pick up where they left off

[salinagrrrl]

I remember Skylab hitting the Outback in 1979 when "Alien" was in theatres. I recall being out on a date on a Saturday night in Dec 1975 & looking up to see a BEAUTIFUL site of a Russian space craft breaking up in lovely colors across the sky.

[megk]

When I was a kid I wanted to be a paleontologist. That's still pretty far off and something I was immediately discouraged from trying to do... but I admire that you are still living your dream in your own way. You've made your own space (pardon) in the field that never could have existed before and that's pretty awesome.

[Tijamo]

Wow, I had no idea skylab was so big and it really puts Starship in perspective!

[MarianKeller]

Wow, I never realized how big the Skylab interior actually was.

[Velothu]

I'm surprised you didn't bring up SNC (Seirra Nevada Corporation) who's also got an inflatable space station like Bigalow but seems to be in a far better financial position.