Quote from: R7 on 05/19/2015 10:30 amThe CEO is a rich pastor, it should have helped with both without resorting to kickstart.Investment doesn't work that way.
The CEO is a rich pastor, it should have helped with both without resorting to kickstart.
Quote from: R7Best way for an aerospace startup to self-promote would be to actually launch something.Chicken and egg much?
Best way for an aerospace startup to self-promote would be to actually launch something.
Quote from: R7 on 05/19/2015 10:30 amThe CEO is a rich pastor, it should have helped with both without resorting to kickstart.Investment doesn't work that way.Quote from: R7Best way for an aerospace startup to self-promote would be to actually launch something.Chicken and egg much? No, the problem here is simply that Russ doesn't appear to understand how Kickstarter works.
sadly, space kickstarters have a very large hill to climb.
Oh? The rich guy brings in the cash in return for board seat, title and nice big share of the company pie. Not so rich rocket scientists bring in the know-how and make the rocket happen. Thought this is how it happens.
It is if there's no history, current status is a website full of wishful thinking, plans to launch a battlestar next year and has no oil magnate on the board.These guys already hatched an egg called the Stig in their previous hen house which is suitable for their intended initial business of suborbital micro-g experiment flights. If they already have Armadillo tooling and IP then hatch the Stig again, fix the landing and start selling service.
Although they first announced Exos Aerospace’s formation nearly a year ago, the new company did not formally acquire Armadillo’s “mission critical” assets until early this year, according to the company’s payload users guide.
Lunar Mission One succeeded.
EXOS is just trying to do what UP Aerospace is already doing.
Quote from: Prober on 05/19/2015 04:28 pmsadly, space kickstarters have a very large hill to climb.How many space related kickstarters have actually succeeded? The two nutters trying to send mockup TARDIS into orbit using Interorbital as a launch provider and Arkyd comes to mind.
John Quinn, Exos Aerospace: building two SARGE sounding rockets, targeted for launch in November. #NSRC2016Quinn: planning six launches in 2017, plus additional “flight on demand” depending on interest. Flying from Spaceport America.
Just in case you hadn’t heard the good news – our rocket tube sections are officially onsite!We are ecstatic. We thought we would share a few quick snaps of them, so you could join in on the excitement. These tubes are sufficient for building two rockets, when they’re coupled with tanks, etc.
EXOS is excited to announce the completion of our final engine test prior to integration into new “SARGE” platform: http://buff.ly/2iqIztw
Tanks Have Arrived!Our tanks are in the EXOS shop!You may have heard that a tornado hit the Michoud facility. (We are so grateful that only minor injuries were reported, but you can read the rest of the update, here).Our tanks are manufactured in the Michoud facility. The tornado delayed the tank completion and their delivery, but we are now moving on to the final assembly and final test!We will need to recapture some time to make our projected April launch date, but we are still pressing on to see how close we can get to our projected date.Of course, our safety process and risk mitigation activities will not be compromised to make the April date, but we are pushing within those limits!