Las Vegas Sun NewsRobert Bigelow got rich off budget hotel suites that start at $189 a week. Now they are funding his dream of building inflatable space habitats with rates topping $400,000 a day. For the Las Vegas businessman, his desire to build low orbital dwellings is the ultimate gamble. He has bet $500 million of his own money on his closely held venture, Bigelow Aerospace LLC -- five times what billionaire Elon Musk invested in his own space company.
Las Vegas UFO Aficionado Bets $500 Million on Space Hotel
(via Bloomberg) · January 28, 2013 · 10:11 AM
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Good for him. The man that follows his dreams by putting his money to use for those dreams.
Hope it all works out for him and those around him.