Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: KevinDavis

Been watching for bazillions of microseconds since I bought their stock. But waiting no longer. They are far off track.


2 posted on 11/07/2005 6:27:08 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]


To: RightWhale
Been watching for bazillions of microseconds since I bought their stock. But waiting no longer. They are far off track.

I knew SpaceDev's founder, Jim Benson before he even had the idea for founding SpaceDev and introduced him to the various emerging commercial space players that he learned the industry from. I was also invited by him to their first design review back when they were having UCSD students do their work. He later bought out a struggling small San Diego aerospace subcontractor and created the SpaceDev company, which he took public in an unusual process of buying yet another penny stock company and changing the name to SpaceDev and folding in the small San Diego aerospace subcontractor staff. Add some publicity and word of mouth marketing campaign to pump up interest and instant demand for the otherwise worthless stock.

Yep, I bought SpaceDev stock shortly after they went public and hung onto it for about 4 years of a rapid slide back into the penny stock category and a long period of hope that they would climb back out of the cellar.

It was a learning experience.

5 posted on 11/08/2005 12:24:01 AM PST by anymouse
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson