Space entrepreneur Robert Bigelow has rolled out a business plan to dot low Earth orbit with habitable complexes that would serve two primary markets: “Sovereign Clients” that represent foreign space agencies and “Prime Clients” that come from multinational corporations.Robert Bigelow, founder and president of Bigelow Aerospace, as well as owner of the Budget Suites of America hotel chain, detailed his firm’s business agenda for space here at the 23rd National Space Symposium.
The plans of Bigelow Aerospace have been bolstered by the successful orbiting of its Genesis 1 expandable module by a Dnepr booster last July, under contract with ISC Kosmotras, a Russian and Ukrainian rocket-for-hire company.
Speaking in front of a backdrop that read, “Making Orbital Dreams Reality,” Bigelow said it is a misnomer to regard his company as a space hotel company. Rather, it should be viewed as a wholesaler of destinations in space, he said.
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