'Test after extreme test, we continue to exceed our program requirements.' Looking beyond the International Space Stationīack in 2021, NASA announced three contracts totaling $415 million for private space firms to develop US-operated successors to the ISS. 'We are obviously simulating pressures well in excess of the norm,' Shawn Buckley, Sierra Space chief engineer for LIFE, explained in the statement. That means it will have a great deal of redundancy, as the Orbital Reed space station is expected to have a roughly 15-year lifespan.

Prior to the explosion, the LIFE module prototype was subjected to high pressures well above those it would experience in space.Īccording to Sierra Space, the latest test shows its full-scale module will likely be able to withstand pressurization in space for more than 60 years. The explosive test took place in February with Sierra Space stating in a press statement that it deliberately blew up a small-scale prototype of Sierra Space's Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) module. An explosive space station module testĬolorado-based Sierra Space announced on Wednesday that it had blown up the last of its prototype modules designated for its explosive test campaign. You can watch the dramatic footage in the video below. The deliberate explosion was the fourth of four explosions the company performed as part of a test campaign aimed at verifying the inflatable habitat for its International Space Station (ISS) successor. The strain acts as a bronchodilator and works great to soothe headaches, anxiety and even depression.Sierra Space, the company developing the Orbital Reef 'space business park' alongside Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin, just blew up a prototype space station module.

Lab testing has found that Blue Dream is high in several interesting terpenes including myrcene, terpinolene and caryophyllene. Blue Dream is also a great strain to make concentrates from, with a scent and flavor of sandalwood incense and blueberries. Blue Dream is considered more “open sourced” and cuttings are easy to find. Clones of Blue Dream also root quickly and consistently as well, making it a cultivators dream plant to grow.Īnother reason for this variety’s popularity among growers is that she’s a clone-only strain that isn’t hoarded or claimed by one particular group. Two pounds per 1000-watt light is a fairly standard indoor harvest for Blue Dream and she’s notoriously resistant to powdery mildew (PM). Growers rave about how Blue Dream is so easy to grow and also a big yielder. It certainly doesn’t pack the punch of OG Kush or Girl Scout Cookies but there’s something about Blue Dream that people continue to love. The problem is that it’s typically so mass-produced that it suffers in quality and also has the distinction of becoming so ubiquitous and familiar, that some connoisseurs dismiss it outright. When grown properly, Blue Dream can be quite a treat. So popular that, of course, there are also many Blue Dream haters out there who won’t smoke it for various reasons. It comes as no surprise that Blue Dream is a top seller as the strain has been quite popular in California for many years as well. But, perhaps there’s more to Blue Dream’s popularity than just simple branding…

It’s an interesting finding that they attribute mostly to the marketing of the strain. A recent article by Julia Wright at Civilized called Why 'Blue Dream' Was The #1-Seller In Both Colorado And Washington, referencing this study from BDS Analytics revealed that Blue Dream was the best selling strain in both Colorado and Washington in 2015.

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