A biography for Robert Bigelowhasn’t been written yet.
“I grew up here in Las Vegas.”
“Zero risk means zero accomplishment.”
“I would love to get people on board the whole space subject in a grass-roots way that has never been done before.”
“While recognising the inherent difficulty, all of us at BA are eager to begin work on an actual human spaceflight program, which is the reason that I and others began this effort in the first place.”
“Philosophically, most commercial launchers won't want the space industry to be tied to the government. It'll be like having a national airline. Prices will always be high if we had just one company dominating the industry. We need to have more competition in the private sector.”
“We're about the only country in the world that has decided not to commune with the rest of humanity in terms of information about space hardware and space technologies. And I think that's a detriment.”
“The main mysteries at Skinwalker were never solved. Lots of things have never been made public that we have, things that I personally initiated that we have photographs of.”
“I'm a confirmed believer in the existence of UFOs, so how could I pooh-pooh Buck Rogers stuff.”
“When there isn't law and order, there's chaos.”
“NASA is not that sophisticated, they're not that organized, they're not that focused.”
“The idea that NASA has exclusivity on everything off this planet is wrong.”
“What we've always anticipated and expected is that we would be very involved in helping foreign countries to establish their human space programs.”
“I cannot say enough good things about the companies that we're working with in Russia.”
“I don't think anyone could deny the excellent record and pedigree of the Atlas 5-401 as a quality choice to be upgraded to carry human passengers.”
“The brass ring for us is having a lunar base - as a company and in conjunction with other companies, and even other, possibly, foreign entities as well.”
“I decided early on that I had to find some way of being involved in space and that I needed to make some money to be able to do it. Real estate was the medium.”
“SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule were developed at a cost dramatically below that of traditional cost-plus programs - this should be a wakeup call that it's time for a new way of doing business.”
“Exploiting Mars, sooner or later, is going to happen. These are gigantic opportunities for the human race.”
“Flying to the International Space Station is a really big deal.”
“I'm like a general contractor, making sure that you have something that is useful and is affordable.”