Author Topic: EXOS aerospace (Read 123218 times)

Bob Shaw · « **Reply #20 on:** 12/26/2014 12:43 am »

Um. I read the bios, and, well, *surprised* wouldn't be a fair description.

Good luck to the ex-Armadillo folk, and their excellent experience and real understanding of hands-on development, which is utterly admirable. As for the Wall Street leverage types and the biblical scholars, I really don't think they've actually got much to bring to the party.

In the meantime, I think I'll send some money to Copenhagen Suborbitals, who seem like nice guys unburdened by Wall Street and the other thing, oh, you know, wossisname.

QuantumG · « **Reply #21 on:** 12/26/2014 12:46 am »

Quote from: Bob Shaw on 12/26/2014 12:43 am

the biblical scholars, I really don't think they've actually got much to bring to the party.

Welcome to Texas.

R7 · « **Reply #22 on:** 12/29/2014 04:25 pm »

Quote from: Bob Shaw on 12/26/2014 12:43 am

and the other thing, oh, you know, wossisname.

Serious funding. A godsend even to most die-hard atheist rocket entrepeneur and something which christian oil tycoon can bring to the party.

Btw a person who used to manage pipe organ company might know a thing or two about tubular metal constructs too.

QuantumG · « **Reply #23 on:** 04/03/2015 12:47 am »

Coming Back Soon

Not sure when that happened.

Danderman · « **Reply #24 on:** 04/13/2015 06:35 pm »

Quote from: QuantumG on 04/03/2015 12:47 am

Coming Back Soon

Not sure when that happened.

Space is Hard. ™

QuantumG · « **Reply #25 on:** 04/28/2015 05:58 am »

So then this happened:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/95173281/spaceflight-fast-and-affordable-access-to-sub-orbi

Also the website is back.

R7 · « **Reply #26 on:** 04/28/2015 06:15 am »

So I jinxed it $:-\$ ;

Quote from: R7 on 12/29/2014 04:25 pm

Serious funding.

The oil tycoon is still listed as president of the company. $125k should be pocket lint to him so why the kickstarter?

QuantumG · « **Reply #27 on:** 04/28/2015 06:21 am »

Quote from: R7 on 04/28/2015 06:15 am

The oil tycoon is still listed as president of the company. $125k should be pocket lint to him so why the kickstarter?

I expect poor Russ is getting a crash course in startup financing

Robotbeat · « **Reply #28 on:** 04/28/2015 03:39 pm »

Kickstarters are a fantastic marketing tool. It's not just raw money.

docmordrid · « **Reply #29 on:** 05/12/2015 05:51 pm »

New Exos article in AvWeek,

http://spacenews.com/exos-seeks-to-revive-armadillo-rocket-technology/

savuporo · « **Reply #30 on:** 05/17/2015 04:03 pm »

9 days left to go
http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/95173281/spaceflight-fast-and-affordable-access-to-sub-orbi/

Borklund · « **Reply #31 on:** 05/18/2015 11:50 am »

Quote from: Robotbeat on 04/28/2015 03:39 pm

Kickstarters are a fantastic marketing tool. It's not just raw money.

Kickstarters are a fantastic marketing tool when they succeed. Not so much when they fail.

simonbp · « **Reply #32 on:** 05/18/2015 03:14 pm »

Quote from: Borklund on 05/18/2015 11:50 am

Quote from: Robotbeat on 04/28/2015 03:39 pm
Kickstarters are a fantastic marketing tool. It's not just raw money.
Kickstarters are a fantastic marketing tool when they succeed. Not so much when they fail.

Ouch, 4% of their goal with 9 days to go...

Kryten · « **Reply #33 on:** 05/18/2015 03:40 pm »

If you take a closer look it becomes even worse; they have less than fifty backers, and over half of the money must have come from the top five. Presumably it's close friends/family with little outside support.

ChrisWilson68 · « **Reply #34 on:** 05/18/2015 04:34 pm »

Quote from: Solo on 05/13/2014 03:28 am

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.

A year old and already a track record of failing to meet their announced schedules. They'll fit right in.

QuantumG · « **Reply #35 on:** 05/18/2015 11:06 pm »

Kickstarter is all about promotion. I've seen virtually no promotion of this. They didn't even mention it at the Space Access conference.

JazzFan · « **Reply #36 on:** 05/19/2015 02:11 am »

Time to pass the collection plate and start to pray. Just like with Inspiration Mars, Excalibur-Almaz, Mars One, and Golden Spike.

The Amazing Catstronaut · « **Reply #37 on:** 05/19/2015 07:33 am »

Whilst I admit that kickstarter is an enticing way to earn yourself some free moolah, a kickstarter to, uh, kickstart an aerospace company is going to seem too oddly specific for the majority of people to donate. They don't have wonderful precedents, as mentioned above.

Edit: Even as a PR endeavour, advertisement of this nature already only if you've started to actively self-promote. Time to start selling yourself, make bold claims, surprise people. It doesn't matter if there's any substance in it - right now, your mission statement is to get people to acknowledge you exist, so you can start with the real work.

R7 · « **Reply #38 on:** 05/19/2015 10:30 am »

Quote from: JazzFan on 05/19/2015 02:11 am

Time to pass the collection plate and start to pray.

The CEO is a rich pastor, it should have helped with both without resorting to kickstart.

Best way for an aerospace startup to self-promote would be to actually launch something.

QuantumG · « **Reply #39 on:** 05/19/2015 11:23 am »

Quote from: R7 on 05/19/2015 10:30 am

The CEO is a rich pastor, it should have helped with both without resorting to kickstart.

Investment doesn't work that way.

Quote from: R7

Best 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.