What is Robert Bigelow?
{{Infobox person | name = Robert Bigelow | image = Robert Bigelow.jpg | caption = Bigelow in 2011 | birth_name = Robert Thomas Bigelow | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|5|12}} | education = [[University of Nevada, Reno]]<br>[[Arizona State University Tempe campus|Arizona State University, Tempe]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | occupation = Businessman | spouse = {{marriage|Diane Mona Grammy|1965|2020|end=her death}} | children = 2 }} '''Robert Thomas Bigelow''' (born May 12, 1944) is an American businessman. He owns the hotel chain Budget Suites of America and is the founder of Bigelow Aerospace. Bigelow Aerospace has launched 2 experimental space modules, Genesis I and Genesis II, and has plans to launch full-fledged modules that will be used as orbital hotels (see Bigelow Commercial Space Station), research laboratories and factories.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malik|first=Tariq|last2=published|first2=Leonard David|date=2007-06-28|title=Bigelow's Second Orbital Module Launches Into Space|url=https://www.space.com/4007-bigelow-orbital-module-launches-space.html|access-date=2022-08-01|website=Space.com|language=en}}</ref> Bigelow has provided financial support for investigations of UFOs and parapsychological topics.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Blumenthal|first=Ralph|date=2021-01-21|title=Can Robert Bigelow (and the Rest of Us) Survive Death?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/style/robert-bigelow-UFOs-life-after-death.html|access-date=2022-08-01|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bigelow, Robert}} [[Category:Businesspeople from Las Vegas]] [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:Living people]] {{US-bio-stub}}