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Spaceship grounded - Space Stock taking off?
-->Könnte mal ein inetressanter Stock werden in Zeiten der Seitwärtsbewegung von Gold,Dax, Nemaxwerten. Allerdings sind die Gewinnmargen bei diesen kapitalintensiven Branchen meist gering. Aktie scheint jedenfalls aus ihrem aufsteigenden Dreieck ausgebrochen zu sein...?
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One Man's Vision Of Profit In Space
By Charles Barthold
posted: 12:44 pm ET
11 July 1999
At the heart of Jim Benson’s business plan is the simple notion that the government is not equipped to lead the charge into space. Instead, that task must fall upon private companies.
And if you understand that, you understand Benson, chairman and CEO of SpaceDev.
Sure, Benson has heard a few snickers. One of his ideas is to land a craft on an asteroid and claim it as private property. Laugh all you want. Benson is serious. SpaceDev is a public company (OTC: SPDV) based in southern California with a plan to develop the Near Earth Asteroid Prospector (NEAP).
"Space is a place," says Benson."It’s not a government program. We have to make space pay."
Benson wants his company to be the first private one to go up into space and collect space data and sell it."I’m trying to be the first company to bring back science data at a third the cost of the government."
And that’s the heart of his plan - to collect scientific data more efficiently than the government. That’s when the laughter subsides. Convincing people that a private company can do a better job than the government is certainly not hard.
Benson has several other firsts in mind:
First private mission to leave earth orbit;
First mission to provide scientists and researchers with fully insured access to deep space at fixed commercial prices;
First mission to set a precedent for private property rights in space;
First private spacecraft to visit and land payloads on another planetary body.
That"planetary body" has a name: Nereus. It’s an asteroid. NEAP is expected to take off in the spring of 2001 and land on the asteroid a year later. Why land on an asteroid? Partly to prove it can be done. But also to lay claim to something in outer space, which Benson hopes will lead to bigger and more profitable things. If there are minerals on these asteroids, it could prove beneficial to his backers.
What is it that drives Benson? First, a love for space. He spent years in the computer field, made his money, and now is pursuing his personal interest. Second, Benson thinks he can make a fair return on his investment. He thinks space is far bigger than anything the Internet can turn up. Third, he thinks man should explore, just as they should climb mountains. And like many others, Benson thinks life exists elsewhere. It has to. There is so much out there.
SpaceDev has been in business for only a few years but Benson took it public quickly. Not to exit quickly. But to show how serious he was in raising capital.
In the end though, you realize Benson is serious. His measuring stick is his P&L."I am not daydreaming," he says."It’s not wishful thinking. If it doesn’t pay I’m not going to do it."
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