Is it possible for a start up company to produce an operational space launch vehicle?
 

I think that it is possible providing they receive adequate funding. If they really apply MCD then a workable SLV should result. General Astronautics seem to be on the right track. I would like a startup to happen in Australia but funding is almost impossible to obtain here.
- Stephen Gloor
 

I believe that it is possible for a start-up to accomplish this goal. To succeed, the company must apply the principles of MCD criteria to provide a marketable product or service to its prospective customers. I believe the end line product could be a RLV for private commercialization as well as launch services. Additionally, the MCD criteria can be utilized as a marketing tool in the promotion of such services or products.
- Timothy Fasano
- Orbital Tech Unlimited
 

I truly hope that those who are serious about building Space Technology Firms for the purpose of engineering and deploying Satellite Networks, and MCD based RLV/SLV systems - get a chance to review this. I saw the opinion written by Stephen Gloor, and I found it to be very true, however, only as it relates to CONVENTIONAL CAPTIAL SOURCES. Yes, it is difficult (if not down right impossible) to secure ADEQUATE funding from most of the traditional money pools, especially for severely "niched" players such as the "Space" industry, which today is both misunderstood by most conventional lending sources, as well as underestimated in it's potential investment return value. I personally, envision the so-called "Space" industry to ultimately become the largest and most dominant "Global Industry" in world history. Some industries that now dominate the macro-economic landscape, will eventually exist primarily for the sole purpose of "SUPPORTING" the new international giant. Predicting when this transference of technology, capital, mental as well as cultural focus will take the form such that the layman (someone with little to no technical background) could easily identify, that in fact, a new Global Industry has indeed arrived - is closer than we may all think. The problem for would be Start-Up's: Lack of Capital, and a Lack of Access to reliable Cashflow. The solution: Private Debt Equity Instrument Asset Conversion (tm). Actually, it is a very effective, somewhat complex in detail, yet simple to execute, Contract Financial Tool. This Financial Tool is really a hybird financial concept that dates all the way back to the Roman Empire. It has been used in its primitive form for many decades. The CSFN, with its Capital Resource Network (tm), dedicated to providing customized Financial Solutions, has brought to the forefront, a growth oriented concept that we call, Private Debt Equity Instrument Asset Conversion (tm). It is relatively new and it is definitely a more powerful variant than its' much older sibling. In essence, companies can use PDEIAC as a long-term strategic financial growth tool, WITHOUT THE USUAL HEADACHES NORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH RAISING DEBT AND EQUITY CAPITAL! Since the CSFN's PDEIAC service is NOT A LOAN, users of the Financial Tool do not concern themselves with squeezing their financial statements to death, in search of creative ways to effectively service new debt. One of the major structural problems associated with certain types of Manufacturing and R&D companies, is the LACK OF CASHFLOW (yes, one word - Cashflow). When a company uses Private Debt Equity Instrument Asset Conversion - IT HAS NO CASHFLOW PROBLEMS. Therefore, the company can focus more of its resources, time, energy and effort into creative production and delivery of their products and services - on time, and with lower associated production costs, instead of having to spend 30% to 50% of valuable company time on raising capital that costs too much in real terms. PDEIAC provides a reliable, predictable and stable financial platform from which many Small to Middle market companies can flourish. If acquiring Production Contracts to build Satellite Systems and Launch Vehicles from customers and clients is not a problem for smaller start-up companies, THEN NEITHER IS SECURING ALL THE PRODUCTION CAPITAL YOU WILL EVER NEEN! The CSFN, represents the Capital Resource Network (tm) to the World. Through the Private Debt Equity Instrument Asset Conversion financial service, we have the ability to direct upto $3.5 billion per month into viable Production Contracts spanning every industry on the face of the planet, and eventually, on other celestial bodies as well. Getting into space can be capitalized and cost effective. The California Strategic Financial Network hopes to do its part in paving the way for real Space Firms to accomplish the impossible - boldly going where no one has ever gone bofore, is something well within our reach! Hosea Askew President, The CSFN
- Hosea Askew
- California Strategic Financial Network

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