Episode notes
How did a boy who grew up hearing UFO stories and watching nuclear testing during the Cold War make his childhood dream of exploring space come true? He founded a wildly successful short-term hotel chain and funneled his profits directly into an aerospace company that would eventually partner with NASA. But that's not all he used his fortune to do.
Summer is coming to a close, but we still have a few Cosmic Summer stories left to tell!
Keywords
hotel
UFO
space travel
Robert Bigelow
alien research