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Will ISO shipping containers be sent into space?

The ISO shipping container is so common, it’s becoming a favored platform for modular, mobile, housing. Are builders perhaps being shortsighted by using containers designed for road and boat shipping, or will such containers one day be easily transported into space?


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    Of course, but we shouldn’t race things. We are still working to get ISO standard containers on aircraft on a regular basis.

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