Not Waiting for Uncle Sam
"From a 50-acre research facility on the outskirts of Las Vegas, the 60-year-old entrepreneur can survey the length of the city's famous Strip, home to some of the biggest hotels in the world.
"Still, Bigelow has his sights set higher -- 250 miles higher, to be exact.
"Through his latest business venture, Bigelow Aerospace, the hotel mogul, who caught the space bug as a boy in the 1950s, has been quietly building the world's first commercial space station."
"Still, Bigelow has his sights set higher -- 250 miles higher, to be exact.
"Through his latest business venture, Bigelow Aerospace, the hotel mogul, who caught the space bug as a boy in the 1950s, has been quietly building the world's first commercial space station."