Comments on: Extraordinary claims, but no extraordinary evidence http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/ Tracking the entrepreneurial space industry Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:33:32 +0800 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 By: **ANDYTRAK’s Whole Shtick!** » Blog Archive » **Who Is The Mysterious Robert T. Bigelow?** http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-327760 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 01:19:59 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/#comment-327760 […] As Jeff Foust notes, except for Alan Boyle’s coverage at MSNBC, the articles in the MSM have been pretty much posted straight from the press release with no questions asked: Extraordinary claims, but no extraordinary evidence – Personal Spaceflight – Aug.15.07. […]

]]> By: Personal Spaceflight » Checking in with Galactic Suite http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-196700 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 17:02:31 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/#comment-196700 […] Galactic Suite formally announced their plans in August to develop a space hotel by 2012, generating a burst of publicity as well as unanswered questions about their funding, schedule, […]

]]> By: Chance http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-186652 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:33:13 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/#comment-186652 Alan Boyle blogged on this as well. Seems like they are pretty much full of it.

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/16/320672.aspx

]]> By: Jeff Foust http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-186116 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/#comment-186116 A couple of notes:

1) Robert Bigelow has repeatedly said that he is not in the space hotel business, so Galactic Suite, if there is any substance to this venture, would not be a direct competitor. It would instead be a competitor to any venture that was considering leasing Bigelow modules for their own space hotels.

2) All the news reports have made it clear that Galactic Suite is based in Spain, so the fact that the domain is registered there is no surprise.

]]> By: Ed http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-186075 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:28:22 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/#comment-186075 the registry data shows that the ip address and domain was registered in Spain…not sure what that means other than there is not much else in the way of info. My “Feeney senses” were tingling but this looks like it might be European.
I just hope it is real.

]]> By: Ed http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-186070 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:10:50 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/#comment-186070 They must be “thinking in Bold Strokes!”

more vapour-ware and not much detail to back it up. Would be nice to have a little more info regarding this venture.
Hope to see that it is the real deal.
But in this industry there tends to be a lot of hype and promises of unattainable target dates.
Maybe they are part of an experienced venture…perhaps a group that has been involved in actually launching something off the ground.
If this is the case maybe they have already learned to walk before trying to run. Perhaps they have attained the financial backing claimed.
I guess the proof is in the pudding…so to speak.

]]> By: Ferris Valyn http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-186002 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:59:03 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/#comment-186002 introspectionpraxis – I wondered that too, but they talk about their proposed station/hotel, and it is very different from a Bigelow setup.

Now, they could be saying one thing and planning another, but generally that is frowned on by the business community.

So, I think they would be considered competitors.

]]> By: IntrospectionPraxis http://www.newspacejournal.com/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/comment-page-1/#comment-185913 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:06:59 +0000 http://www.personalspaceflight.info/2007/08/15/extraordinary-claims-but-no-extraordinary-evidence/#comment-185913 I have to wonder if perhaps this company is not a competitor to Bigelow but rather a client. Has anyone considered the possibility that they plan to use Bigelow modules to accomplish this?

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