Post by sherlew99 on May 30, 2017 9:56:51 GMT -6
CBS News
Bigelow Aerospace founder says commercial world will lead in space
NASA and Las Vegas entrepreneur have partnered on a technology that could change how humans live and work in space
2017
May 28
Correspondent
Lara Logan
There's a new space race and it's not between the U.S. and Russia. It's between private companies and it's attracted multimillionaires and billionaires, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. A less likely player is Las Vegas real-estate tycoon, Robert Bigelow, who, at 73, is making the biggest gamble of his life -- not on rockets -- but on expandable spacecraft, large, lightweight structures that inflate in space, a technology that could dramatically change how humans live and work in zero gravity.
Bigelow Aerospace founder says commercial world will lead in space
NASA and Las Vegas entrepreneur have partnered on a technology that could change how humans live and work in space
2017
May 28
Correspondent
Lara Logan
There's a new space race and it's not between the U.S. and Russia. It's between private companies and it's attracted multimillionaires and billionaires, like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. A less likely player is Las Vegas real-estate tycoon, Robert Bigelow, who, at 73, is making the biggest gamble of his life -- not on rockets -- but on expandable spacecraft, large, lightweight structures that inflate in space, a technology that could dramatically change how humans live and work in zero gravity.
Click here for the rest.
