Phil Eaton of Armadillo Aerospace fame has announced a new aerospace company http://www.exosaero.com/They have evidently purchased some or all of Armadillo Aerospace's equipment and facility and have an ambitious plan to build 4 suborbital rockets within the year, and begin development of a manned rocket during that time frame. Development of an orbital rocket is also planned. Keep your ears to the ground, this is going to be fun!
I hope they ask and answer the question "How do we make money out of this?" before starting a project.
Quote from: A_M_Swallow on 05/13/2014 09:33 pmI hope they ask and answer the question "How do we make money out of this?" before starting a project.That may be the point of the manned launch. At the rate things are going, they might be able to catch up to VG...
Ribbon-cutting at Caddo Mills Airport for the launch of a new company called Exos Aerospace. Exos Aerospace is your expedited space delivery expert. By developing state-of-the-art reusable vehicles and efficient operations, and due to expeditious payload integration, Exos provides you with affordable, repeatable, and reliable commercial spaceflight with accelerated turnaround. If you need to fly “now,” rather than a year from now, and you need minutes of zero G time, and immediate access to your payload, Exos is your space flight solution.
No LV unveil ? Not even a render ? Hope they have some tech to show or is this just a "soft" launch ?
Virgin made several mistakes. Branson came in and changed the company along with purchase by Grumman. They capitalized on their notoriety by putting the spaceship one right into the Smithsonian. They should have flown it a few more times to iron out any rough edges. Once satisfied the should have built two or three and started flying customers with that bird. A pilot and two passengers per flight starting immediately is miles better than not flying (pilot and copilot with 5 passengers) years later with not date in sight. They also should not have let Rutan go. His vision and eagerness were worth far more than any young engineer.I am very excited for Exos. I was a long time supporter of Armadillo. Perhaps they should begin their business plan using Stig B and its precision recovery system to provide the quick integration, launch, and retrieval business plan they have stated to begin cash flow. After that is in place, begin full research on the manned plans. Good luck, we will be watching.
David Mitchell, M.B.A. Co-Founder and PresidentDavid has also been in the ministry for more than thirty-five years....Dr. W. A. Criswell, said of him, "Mitchell, you are the best writer I have ever read."... though he felt the de-funding of NASA by President Obama was saddening, it presented an opportunity for private commercial space flight.
There is another thread for VG/Scaled discussion folks.From the Exos bio page: http://exosaero.com/teamQuoteDavid Mitchell, M.B.A. Co-Founder and PresidentDavid has also been in the ministry for more than thirty-five years....Dr. W. A. Criswell, said of him, "Mitchell, you are the best writer I have ever read."... though he felt the de-funding of NASA by President Obama was saddening, it presented an opportunity for private commercial space flight.ahem. a bit too much personal info there for my liking. Though I suppose if he's financing the project and proud of his personal path, he can say what he likes. And it's probably best that he sets the record straight from the get-go, instead of such info trickling out as rumours (like, "such and such a person told me that Mitchell blames Obama for NASA de-funding" and so on).Still, I prefer it when spaceflight bios stick to science, engineering and business achievements. Call me an idealist. Edit: oh, and I forgot to say: Go Exos Aerospace!!
Quote from: Garrett on 05/22/2014 04:12 pmThere is another thread for VG/Scaled discussion folks.From the Exos bio page: http://exosaero.com/teamQuoteDavid Mitchell, M.B.A. Co-Founder and PresidentDavid has also been in the ministry for more than thirty-five years....Dr. W. A. Criswell, said of him, "Mitchell, you are the best writer I have ever read."... though he felt the de-funding of NASA by President Obama was saddening, it presented an opportunity for private commercial space flight.ahem. a bit too much personal info there for my liking. Though I suppose if he's financing the project and proud of his personal path, he can say what he likes. And it's probably best that he sets the record straight from the get-go, instead of such info trickling out as rumours (like, "such and such a person told me that Mitchell blames Obama for NASA de-funding" and so on).Still, I prefer it when spaceflight bios stick to science, engineering and business achievements. Call me an idealist. Edit: oh, and I forgot to say: Go Exos Aerospace!! Especially since it is not factual. Obama never defunded NASA.Still, Go Exos!