Michael Laine passes this along from ISU
Not many people read this blog. No, it's true! But some do, and if they tell six people and if those six tell six more .. copy, paste, pass it along.
And I know that some actual smart people [1] from SpaceX wander by, and XCOR shows up in my referrer log now and again. So who knows?
[1] Yes, their rockets blow up and this might be proof of that funny old saying about how to make a fortune in space launch [2] - but they are still in business. And XCOR has attracted investment [3] - way to go! They're doing something right out there.
This is not (I think) some kind of fad like on-line pet foot stores but the beginnings of the real-deal commercial space-age.
[2] How do you make a small fortune in the launch industry? Start out with a large fortune.
[3] Desert Sky Holdings Makes First Institutional Investment in XCOR.
I am at the International Space University (www.isunet.edu) this summer, and we have to do a group project... Mine is an assessment of the Google Lunar X Prize, and some of its potential outcomes. To that end, could you please use your network(s) and ask people to come to this link, and respond to our survey.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ebBzH_2bOoybbNVWyJVjvuZQ_3d_3d
It should take less than 5-10 minutes, It's not very deep or time consuming. But we think it will be pretty useful to the Foundation, and to many of the competitors.
Of course you will have access to the report and the survey results when we are finished. The 'meat' of the report will be about 100 "actionable recommendations" to a variety of stakeholders (Foundation, competitors, space agencies, private space sector, etc.)
If you do send it out, please email me back and tell me which lists you posted it to, and a bullet point description of who the target of that list is.
Feel free to pass this along to whomever you think should see it.
Thanks, my team and I appreciate it.
Take care. MJL
Michael J Laine
Not many people read this blog. No, it's true! But some do, and if they tell six people and if those six tell six more .. copy, paste, pass it along.
And I know that some actual smart people [1] from SpaceX wander by, and XCOR shows up in my referrer log now and again. So who knows?
[1] Yes, their rockets blow up and this might be proof of that funny old saying about how to make a fortune in space launch [2] - but they are still in business. And XCOR has attracted investment [3] - way to go! They're doing something right out there.
This is not (I think) some kind of fad like on-line pet foot stores but the beginnings of the real-deal commercial space-age.
[2] How do you make a small fortune in the launch industry? Start out with a large fortune.
[3] Desert Sky Holdings Makes First Institutional Investment in XCOR.
