As Skylab, the first U. S. space station, was based on an upper stage of a Saturn V, a NASA study suggests using the upper stage of the giant new launcher the agency is currently developing as the basis of a deep space manned outpost. Such an outpost would have the volume of a typical two-story house and support a crew of four. It would also be able to safely store food for months or even years.
Such outposts would also be relatively inexpensive, as they would come off the same assembly line that builds the rockets that would launch them into space.
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