The Inflation Experiment for 10m Space Inflatable Ring Structure and Reflector

Abstract

For the 10m diameter reflector the inflatable structure was constructed and was inflated in the gymnasium of Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Feb 25, 2002. The designing, making and inflation of the inflatable structure with the reflector are reported. The purpose of the experiment is to investigate the feasibility of the method of making and inflating, and to define technical problems and solutions, which are also reported.