He wholeheartedly believes in aliens and has spend a considerable chunk of his fortune to advance space exploration causes. Bigelow Aerospace has spent hundreds of millions of dollars developing a series of inflatable space habitats, the prototypes of which are currently orbiting the Earth. He has made agreements to build many more of them with multiple countries around the world. He expects the first inflatable station to be fully habitable in the near future. The cost per astronaut to stay on the inflatable station for 30 days is estimated to be $28,750,000.