Robert Bigelow

Robert T. Bigelow ( born 1945 ) is an American billionaire and owner of the hotel chain Budget Suites of America. He is the founder of Bigelow Aerospace, a company that is working to develop a private, commercial space station (CSS Skywalker ).

In order to promote the development of private rocket technology, Bigelow initiated endowed with 50 million U.S. dollars America's Space Prize.