Comments on: NASA, Boeing, and the UAE negotiating partnership for building Lunar Gateway airlock https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-boeing-and-the-uae-negotiating-partnership-for-building-lunar-gateway-airlock/ Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Gary https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-boeing-and-the-uae-negotiating-partnership-for-building-lunar-gateway-airlock/#comment-1379185 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 21:11:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=90991#comment-1379185 My main question in all this is how much the airlock at the Lunar Gateway ever will be used – once every few years?

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-boeing-and-the-uae-negotiating-partnership-for-building-lunar-gateway-airlock/#comment-1379158 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 18:50:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=90991#comment-1379158 As much as I like the outcome of this I can not help but think that the UAE will get something out of this in cash from the US in the very near future.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/nasa-boeing-and-the-uae-negotiating-partnership-for-building-lunar-gateway-airlock/#comment-1379153 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 18:37:59 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=90991#comment-1379153 “US aerospace company Boeing said it has held discussions with Emirates officials about the UAE providing an airlock module on the Lunar Gateway.”

In addition to the existing ISS airlock design, Blue Origin, Nanoracks and Axiom Space, not to mention SpaceX for HLS, are likely all developing airlocks. Is this really the way for new-kid-on-the-block UAE to get into the space industry? And what will they actually do besides hand money to Boeing?

Oh, wait…

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