In addition, they showed a connecting smaller inflatable structure that served as a demonstration airlock.

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An inflatable structure would be transported from Earth, then covered with a shell built by 3D printers.

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According to Yuri Boulanov, one of Lavochkin's representatives at the air show, the idea is to create a cheap, inflatable structure that can be compressed into a backpack, like a parachute.

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