Author Topic: Bigelow shoots for the moon (Read 2443 times)

Chris Bergin · « **on:** 02/23/2007 03:27 pm »

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/02/22/65477.aspx

Missed this from yesterday. Always a good write up when Alan Boyle's involved.

STS Tony · « **Reply #1 on:** 02/23/2007 08:04 pm »

He needs to learn from SpaceX that it's one step at a time.

wannamoonbase · « **Reply #2 on:** 02/25/2007 08:23 pm »

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STS Tony - 23/2/2007 4:04 PM

He needs to learn from SpaceX that it's one step at a time.

Agreed, nice to dream but one step at a time (i.e. Make a profit)

simonbp · « **Reply #3 on:** 02/25/2007 10:50 pm »

He is taking it step by step, and with the continued success of Genesis 1, I'd say SpaceX might learn a lesson from him...

From a business perspective, Bigelow is better placed than anyone else right now to make money off of a NASA lunar base, as his company is the only now in the world with the knowledge and experience to build inflatable space habitats...

Simon

hop · « **Reply #4 on:** 02/26/2007 12:02 am »

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STS Tony - 23/2/2007 1:04 PM

He needs to learn from SpaceX that it's one step at a time.

It looks to me like that's what they are doing. He clearly states in the interview that the LEO stuff is a priority, and any moon activities will only come after success in LEO. They also have a pretty reasonable set of incremental steps get to a manned habitat in LEO.