Transmission line erected by pressurized plastic

Claim 1

AN INFLATABLE AND UNFURLABLE TRANSMISSION LINE FOR PROJECTION FROM A SPACE VEHICLE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION MEANS FOR SECURING ONE END OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE TO THE SPACE VEHICLE, SAID TRANSMISSION LINE BEING COMPRISED OF A WAVEGUIDE INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE HOLLOW, COLLAPSIBLE AND UNFURLABLE TUBE IN AN INTIALLY FLATTENED, COILED AND FLEXIBLE CONDITION, SAID TUBE HAVING A LIGHTWEIGHT, CONDUCTIVE METAL COATING ADHERED TO ONE SURFACE, AND MEANS FOR INFLATING AND UNFURLING THE TRANSMISSION LINE AND PROJECTING IT TO AN EXTENDED AND SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID POSITION BY AT LEAST PARTIALLY FILLING THE TUBE WITH AN EXPANSIBLE, HARDENABLE, NON-CONDUCTING FLUID MEDIUM WHEREBY SAID TRANSMISSION LINE BECOMES SUBSTANTIALLY INFLATED AND EXTENDED TO A SECOND RIGID CONDITION, SAID MEANS FOR INFLATING, UNFURLING AND PROJECTING THE TRANSMISSION LINE INCLUDING A MOVABLE PLUNGER INSERTED WITHIN THE WAVEGUIDE, SAID PLUNGER HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE AS THE DESIRED CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE, SAID MEANS FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY FILLING THE WAVEGUIDE WITH AN EXPANSIBLE, HARDENABLE FLUID MEDIUM INCLUDING A PRESSURIZED CHAMBER FOR CONTAINING THE FLUID MEDIUM, MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID CHAMBER NEAR THE SECURED END OF THE TRANSMISSION LINE, TUBULAR MEANS FOR CONNECTING THE CHAMBER TO SAID TRANSMISSION LINE, AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE DISCHARGE OF THE FLUID MEDIUM INTO THE TRANSMISSION LINE WHEREBY AXIAL MOVEMENT WILL BE IMPARTED TO THE MOVABLE PLUNGER.