usine spatiale

CONT: The ISF is projected as a pressurized ... cylinder, allowing the manufacturing facilities aboard to be tended at intervals by human operators working in a ""shirtsleeve"" environment. Between visits, the ISF would operate automatically, or by remote control. It will be accessed via a docking tunnel (probably flexible) leading from the Shuttle mid-deck, but the module itself will not be docked in the cargo bay for tending. In addition to the basic ""workshop"" module, the ISF will have a 3 m long supply module, to hold the raw materials and finished products. This could be detached and replaced by the Shuttle manipulator arm, at relatively frequent intervals.