The Gamblers Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Got it! Yet, we live in one town, one house, and are supposed to keep faith with one spouse. I have two bird nests at my house. One belongs to a pair of sparrows. They built their outpost on top of one of my back […]
BEAM Me Up NASA
I have just returned from the launch of the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) to the International Space Station (ISS). It was the 8th commercial resupply services (CRS-8) mission for NASA by the SpaceX Flacon 9 rocket from their launch complex 40 at Kennedy Space Center. I was a launch site guest of Bigelow Aerospace […]
SpaceX and Drive
People who run marathons, scientists who live at the South Pole in winter, and even the firefighters in the Gila, have something in common. They have an innate drive to be autonomous, self-determined and connected to each other. Volunteering to be in a closed, hostile environment for months at a time is something International Space […]
Execution of the Idea Is Benchmark of Successful Innovation
I recently had a conversation with Robert Bigelow, Founder and President of Bigelow Aerospace, about innovation and the commercial space industry. “There is no single step by step process that necessarily applies to the creation of all technologies. The challenge is to select the most elegant solution,” Bigelow said. “Ideas are easy to come by. […]
Great feature article in Las Cruces Magazine
Commercial Space Frontiers Bringing the Industry Home By Joe Burgess Photography by Joe Burgess and Courtsey of the Space Development Fountation For the article online at Las Cruces Magazine click here For a pdf of the Las Cruces Magazine click here The development of commercial space as a viable industry for southern New Mexico is […]
Connecting the dots
This week I had the great privilege to have Mr. Robert Bigelow, escort a colleague and me on a tour of Bigelow Aerospace facilities north of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Bigelow founded Bigelow Aerospace in 1999. He is a native of Las Vegas, Nevada, and made his fortune from his construction and real estate development […]
