How man of us dreamed of being an astronaut? And how many of us had a grand old time busting loose in a bouncy house? Inflatable space habitats bring both of these dreams together. Imagine bouncing your heart out on in some low-gravity environment. Childhood dreams reign supreme! Here’s more on inflatable space habitats from Hackaday:

While this allowed for modules slightly wider than what had been used thus far for Mir, it was a considerable downgrade when compared to the 6.6 m (21.6 ft) diameter “Orbital Workshop” module of Skylab. Seeing this as a potential long-term problem, engineers at NASA turned to an idea that had originally been conceived for a theoretical mission to Mars: an inflatable habitat module that could be packed into the Shuttle’s payload bay and then expanded to its final size of 8 m (26 ft) once in orbit and filled with air.

The proposed module, known as TransHab, was to be divided into multiple decks providing living and working areas for the astronauts as well as ample storage. There would have been six individual crew cabins, a dedicated workout area, medical facilities, a fully-equipped kitchen, and a large wardroom table that could be used for all-hands meetings or group meals.

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