February 2017
Opening up the infinite frontier
... high commercial potential yet may also benefit from government support. Elon Musk, Bezos, and Robert Bigelow, along with some of us at the smaller end of this community, do indeed work with government funds at times but...
August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
...-electric turbine - a fundamental technology that provides electric power around the world today. Inflatable structures used by Bigelow Aerospace for a private space station may be re-purposed to generate high powered magnetic fields to protect Earth...
August 2016
Flying in formation - why China and the rest of the world should collaborate
... functions a single station could not provide. Formations could easily be extended, perhaps with craft like the Bigelow commercial modules. The proposal here is to launch the Chinese Space Station (CSS) to the ISS orbit with...
August 2016
National legislation provides incentives for private business
... determining the authorisation conditions. A concept for a space station using the B330 expandable space habitat manufactured by Bigelow Aerospace. The design was evolved from NASA’s TransHab habitat concept and B330 will have 330...
August 2016
The promise of space tourism
... of Amazon.com, who is developing a spacecraft that flies like those envisioned in early science fiction novels. Robert Bigelow, founder of the Budget Suites hotel chain, is test-flying inflatable cabin modules for a future space hotel...
January 2018
Maximising the economic opportunities of deep space
... be critical. SpaceX announced last year its intention to fly private passengers on a cislunar return at an unspecified future date. Bigelow aerospace also recently announced its intention for a lunar orbiting hotel for tourists. Given the need...
