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The SpaceXes of the age of colonization, such as the East India Company, used to sell shares to fund their voyages. I was a bit surprised not to hear Musk menti
by banach 10y ago
The SpaceXes of the age of colonization, such as the East India Company, used to sell shares to fund their voyages. I was a bit surprised not to hear Musk mention this as a funding option, since he just delivered the greatest Kickstarter pitch of all time...
- ChampCrawDaddy 10y agoHis plans are unprecedented and complex and investors are notoriously short sighted. If he IPO'd, people would be demanding instant profits even though SpaceX is operating under a different kind of timeline.
- hyperion2010 10y agoThe various * Companies weren't exactly going into uninhabited areas, they were calling at ports that had been involved in global sea trade for many centuries albeit at a slightly lower volume. Despite this there were still a series of disastrous bubbles due to speculation on the various * Companies [0]. 0. https://ericrossacademic.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/mapping-the-mercantilist-world-economy/ https://ericrossacademic.wordpress.com/2015/10/18/mapping-th...
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- novalis78 10y agoLol - me too, that's when I thought of Marscoin.org
- pjscott 10y agoSpaceX has raised quite a bit of money from private investors with long time horizons, so that option definitely hasn't escaped their notice.