[FPSPACE] Robert Bigelow's Space Plans

[Jeff Foust]

> Robert Bigelow spent the 4 hour show talking about his space plans.  
> He also gave a preview of a major announcement he is planning for  
> the Space Foundation Conference in April, which is he will be  
> pursing “Sovereign Customers” into addition to Space Tourists.  
> Sovereign Customers are nation state astronauts who will fly to his  
> space stations under funding from their government.

This is not news: Bigelow has been talking about doing business with  
government space agencies along those lines since at least last July,  
if not earlier.

Also, Bigelow's announcement next month will be at the National Space  
Symposium in Colorado Springs, not the Space Frontier Conference  
(although the confusion is understandable: Bigelow Aerospace is  
usually considered one of the leading "NewSpace" companies, and the  
symposium is considered very much an "OldSpace" event, if you will.)


Jeff Foust
jfoust at alum.mit.edu

DISCLAIMER: Of course I speak only for myself.