Editing Inflatable (section)

====Structural inflatables====
[[Image:Traverse City Film Festival with Airscreen.JPG|thumb|Public screening with an [[inflatable movie screen]]]]
Airbeams, inflatable spars,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US3994102A/en|title=Inflatable element and system}}</ref>  inflatable wings,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US4725021A/en|title=Inflatable wing}}</ref> and [[tensairity]]-enhanced inflatable bladders provide a means to structure practical objects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natick.army.mil/soldier/media/fact/shelter/Airbeam.htm |title=Airbeam Technology |date=2003-03-31 |work=Natick server webpage |publisher=US Army |access-date=2012-01-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070623194839/http://www.natick.army.mil/soldier/media/fact/shelter/Airbeam.htm |archive-date=June 23, 2007 }}</ref>

Inflatable [[ballute]] structures have been proposed for use during [[aerocapture]], [[aerobraking]] and [[atmospheric entry]] of [[cubesat]]<ref name=as20111224>{{cite web |title=Reentry System—CubeSat Recovery System |url=http://www.andrews-space.com/content-main.php?mainsection=Mjc2 |year=2008 |publisher=Andrews Space |access-date=2011-12-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101193223/http://www.andrews-space.com/content-main.php?mainsection=Mjc2 |archive-date=2012-01-01 }}</ref> and [[nanosatellite|nanosat]]<ref name=ss2011>{{cite web |title=NanoSat Deorbit and Recovery System (DRS) to Enable New Missions |url=http://www.andrews-space.com/brochures/Publications/AndrewsSpace-SmallSat2011-NanosatelliteDeorbitandRecovery.pdf |work=conference paper |publisher=Small Sat 2011 |access-date=2012-01-22 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[satellites]].  The inflatable structures for these applications may take a variety of engineered shapes including stacked toroidal, tension cone and isotensoid ballute form factors.<ref name=ss2011/>

[[Inflatable space habitat]]s have been proposed since the 1960s<ref>{{cite web |url=http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2003-00106.html |title=GPN-2003-00106 - Inflatable Station Concept |year=1961 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206093856/http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2003-00106.html |archive-date=2012-02-06 }}</ref> and one expandable [[Bigelow Next-Generation Commercial Space Station|space station]] is currently planned for launch in 2015.<ref name=aw20100506>[http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/asd/2010/05/06/11.xml&channel=space Bigelow Marketing Inflatable Space Stations]{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, ''[[Aviation Week]]'', 2010-05-06, accessed 2010-10-30.</ref>