Bigelow and his infinite ambition.

Alan Boyle recently did an interview with Mr. Bigelow, in which he discussed his plan for construction of Lunar bases.
Of course when I read it I became extremely giddy and my mind filled with images of NASA losing out to a bunch of start-up companies.
I also applauded his choice of L1 to construct the prefabricated lunar bases, as this provides a relatively stable platform for spacecraft construction.
However I wasn't entirely satisfied by how he would get the entire complex down in one piece.
From what *I* can glean from the article he seems to want propulsion modules on the sides of the complex.
Now at least to me I feel its kind of a bad idea to have potentially explosive rockets hitting a extremely abrasive surface.
I was thinking more of a system that might be used for one of the Martian rovers, might be a good idea.
The one where they hover over the landing site and then drop it from a few meters above, except oversize. ( I might edit this post later when I find what I am talking about.)
Even so with that minor exception, I think Bigelow's plan is pretty solid.
Out of all the new start ups I feel that he might very well be the biggest winner.

Man do I love Zubrin.

I just found his scathing analysis of hydrogen fuel.
Quite an excellent read, I must say.
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/archive/15/zubrin.htm