“We're about the only country in the world that has decided not to comm...” — Robert Bigelow Quote

“We're about the only country in the world that has decided not to commune with the rest of humanity in terms of information about space hardware and space technologies. And I think that's a detriment.”

“I'm lucky that the real estate business has been able to supply the money that the aerospace company requires.”

“The shipping industry, the automobile industry - those things are landlocked. I can't conceive of what the limits would possibly be for industries in space.”

“I'd like to start some form of city-type commune.”

“Sometimes I feel people think I live on a commune but I don't. We are all solar, though. There are no power lines. It's mostly farmers, so everyone who has tractors uses bio-diesel.”

“I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.”