Recently, a prototype inflatable space station module built by Sierra Space exploded violently on a test stand at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Under normal circumstances, this would be a bad thing. But in this case, Sierra was looking forward to blowing up their handiwork. In fact, there was some disappointment when it failed to explode during a previous test run.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/01/30/the-past-present-and-future-of-inflatable-space-habitats/