Orbiting space platform

Claim 1

AN EXPENDABLE ORBITABLE SPACE PLATFORM COMPRISING A PAIR OF SEALED AND PRESSURIZED CABINS MOUNTED IN SPACE RELATIONSHIP, RIGID TELESCOPING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID CABINS TO PROVIDE EXPANDING MOVEMENT OF SAID PLATFORM WHEN SAID PLATFORM IS ALOFT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EXTERNAL AMBIENT PRESSURE IS LESS THAN INTERNAL CABIN PRESSURE, SAID TELESCOPING MEANS COMPRISING A FIRST ELONGATED HOLLOW MEMBER SECURED TO ONE OF SAID CABINS, A SECOND ELONGATED HOLLOW MEMBER SECURED TO THE OTHER OF SAID CABINS AND CLOSELY RECEIVING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID FIRST MEMBER THEREIN TO PROVIDE A RIGID CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID CABINS, SAID FIRST MEMBER PORTION BEING MOVABLY MOUNTED IN SAID SECOND MEMBER FOR PRESSURE SEALED LONGITUDINAL SLIDING MOVEMENT THEREWITHIN TO EXPAND SAID PLATFORM, AND RESTRAINING MEANS COUPLED TO SAID MEMBERS FOR CONTROLLING THE EXTENT OF TELESCOPING SLIDING MOVEMENT OF SAID MEMBERS, SAID RESTRAINING MEANS INCLUDING STOP MEANS FOR ARRESTING SAID TELESCOPING MOVEMENT WHILE SAID FIRST MEMBER IS IN PART DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SECOND MEMBER.