Robert Bigelow Quotes

Robert Bigelow

Profession : Businessman

Birth : May 12, 1944

Ultimately, permanent lunar bases will have to be anchored to permanent commercial facilities. Without property rights there will be no justification for investment and the risk to life.

Robert Bigelow

Asteroids have been hitting the moon for a long time, especially on the back side.

Robert Bigelow

We want to facilitate what the dreams of people are, whether they are national dreams or corporate ambitions.

Robert Bigelow

NASA is a shadow of the space agency it once was in the 1960s and 1970s.

Robert Bigelow

A piece of something is better than a piece of nothing.

Robert Bigelow

No one 'anything' should own the moon. But, yes, multiple entities, groups, individuals, yes, they should have the opportunity to own the moon.

Robert Bigelow

The big worry is America is asleep and does nothing, while China comes along, lands people on the Moon, and decides, 'We might as well start surveying and laying claim, because who is going to stop us?'

Robert Bigelow

What we've anticipated is that we would be very involved in helping other countries in establishing their space programs.

Robert Bigelow

I would love to get people on board the whole space subject in a grass-roots way that has never been done before.

Robert Bigelow

I cannot say enough good things about the companies that we're working with in Russia.

Robert Bigelow

We're about the only country in the world that has decided not to commune with the rest of humanity in terms of information about space hardware and space technologies. And I think that's a detriment.

Robert Bigelow

The time will come when the average citizen will be able to travel in space. If you have the money, and the time, the trips will someday be available.

Robert Bigelow

I'm a confirmed believer in the existence of UFOs, so how could I pooh-pooh Buck Rogers stuff.

Robert Bigelow

Zero risk means zero accomplishment.

Robert Bigelow

I don't think anyone could deny the excellent record and pedigree of the Atlas 5-401 as a quality choice to be upgraded to carry human passengers.

Robert Bigelow

Well, the ultimate fantasy for us is to have a cruise ship in orbit, maybe around the year 2015. A cruise ship implies that it is moving somewhere; it isn't just orbiting. A space station is a precursor to that.

Robert Bigelow

NASA is an organization without a vision, and because they don't have any vision, they don't have missions that make much sense.

Robert Bigelow

NASA is not that sophisticated, they're not that organized, they're not that focused.

Robert Bigelow

A tourist industry in space is a natural outgrowth of such a bizarre city as Las Vegas.

Robert Bigelow

The idea that NASA has exclusivity on everything off this planet is wrong.

Robert Bigelow