Exos Aerospace
WARRING: SHAMELESS PLEA FOR MONEY!
I've known these guys for years so I don't mind passing this around to try to help them out. This is seeking donations but it is for what, in my warped view, is a noble cause. It's not a cure for cancer or saving some ones life but it's the shit that makes life worth living.
For a number of years I've been doing some rigging for a company called Armadillo Aerospace. They build rockets and not just baby ones. They got started building Lunar Landers for the X-prize challenge. They have built maned rocket planes and have moved on to suborbital launch systems for micro gravity payloads.
So two years ago Armadillo lost it's main backer when John Carmack, the inventor of the game Doom, ran into financial trouble in the stock market. It was sad because the Europeans were on board with a number of flights they wanted to contract us to fly for them. The core group was able to stay together and started a machining company. They have been able to buy out almost all of the Armadillo equipment and have some new partners. Together they have formed Exos Aerospace. It's been slow going as they have actually merged with another company and have been pursuing other contracts but they are getting ready to restart the rocket program again.
They are however still looking for investors. They still need capitol for the first two air frames to meet the contract with the Europeans. They have started a Kickstarter campaign for any one wishing to help support this effort. This is a good group of people but they need a little help to get back into the air. If you think about all the stupid shit we waist our money on every day this is an opportunity to actually make a difference with it. For the price of one jump ticket you could help get this back off the ground and into, well not just the air but space.
Why you should contribute money to this or even look at becoming an investor. Stop and think about this. You can put any thing on top of a rocket. That includes a skydiver. Balloons are done. You can't go any higher with a balloon. Right now the focus is on getting this thing back off the ground but ultimately they would like to fly passengers. Several of us are skydivers and I think every one their has made at least one jump. They operate out of the big hanger on an airport east of Dallas with a drop zone. You know what payload we want to fly. Even the old air frame had enough delta V to lift a man to 200,000 feet. No balloon can ever do that. The next record will be set by a rocket. And these guys are amenable to the idea of flying a jumper.
So it's not just an investment in a fine company it's an investment in the future of high altitude skydiving. Let's get this thing off the ground so we can punt some one into space. For those of you who know me, wouldn't you like to see me burn up in the ionosphere? Isn't that worth the price of a jump ticket? LAUNCH LEE INTO SPACE! Please give generously to this good cause.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/95173281/spaceflight-fast-and-affordable-access-to-sub-orbi?ref=email
http://www.exosaero.com/home
Please pass this on to any one else that might be interested. If we can find them a little support you might get the chance to finely kick my ass off the planet. You know you've wanted to do that for years. So let's turn this into one of those viral phenomenons that magically goes around the world world and raises ridiculous amounts of money. I have no clue how to do that my self but maybe one of you knows how to make that happen.
Lee