StarBound Alliance

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Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:51:42 -0000

I have been kicking around an idea for some time. I just signed up
to this group (I subscribed briefly a few weeks ago, but the traffic
was more than I could maintain). The following is just a rough
outline of the idea, but I was interested in getting some feedback
before pusuing the idea any further.

If anyone has any suggestions or any interest in helping me, please
let me know. I don't have a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, I don't own
my own space development company, and I am not rich. I just want to
do what I can to make space commerce common. All suggestions and
comments are welcomed and encouraged.

Jack >>

Jack,

This is one of good ideas I have seen and there's a LOt out there.

Since I join the space colonization movenment few months back, I noticed that
the biggest problem is not Moon or Mars, LEO launch cost or such. It's
capital. So after thinking on it, I came up with few ideas that I want to
take to my National Space Society chapter in NYC.

1. Start an investment club within our chapter. Investment clubs require
little work (mainly studying the health of stocks and exchanging information
on making better money). Peter Lynch in "Beating the Street" pointed out
that the investment clubs beat the S&P Index by 20% on average. The reason
is simple, The funds are required by Securities rules to limit any large
holdings in particular stock to 4%, so they can't put as many money as they
like in stocks with excellent value. Also, the fund manager must manage
thousands of stocks listed on single spaced page the can fill 4 yellow pages,
so the best pickers just can't put in as much time into good research on
companies and must depends on growing stable of researcher who may or may not
be good. Investment clubs, on other hand, have no limits on putting money
into some favored stocks and all members study two or three stocks and report
on them at their monthy meetings.This way they can find stocks with great
value and pour as many money as they can in to those few stocks. Beside,
they also enjoy making new friends and teaching each other. An investment
club that invests money with long term goal of creating capital for space
colonization can help bring our future closer to today. Repeat the clubs many
times over and quite a lot of money can be created in few years.

2. Start a special space group for people in investment business. My NSS is
in NYC and I want to suggest create a special outreach to the bankers and
stock brokers so that they can be exposed to new ideas of using space
resources, and they are ALWAYs looking for ways to creating more assets.

3. Start the Near Earth Development Bank. Think about those special banks
that specialized in Far East or such, and you will have the model for our new
bank. This bank will formed by people with deep pockets and with deep
commitment to creating business in near earth space. They will be two groups
within. One will be the main money men who sit on board of directors and
second group will be tech-science experts who peer-review the business plans
for any flaw in science or engineering. The Bank will seperate the good from
bad before much money is wasted and they will provide the loans to good
companies to fund their plans

4. Capture a NEA and bring it into HEEO. This asteroid will provide many
things. First, it will be the first space colony from inside out in which
reasearch can be made in mining, manufacting and growing food. Second, It
will provide minerals for industralization. Three, it will be the first
space industral plant. Fourth, it will provide a goal for LEO ships to reach
to in same day, therefore increasing the pressure to build the first
successful flight. Fifth, it will provide a easy and cheap access to moon
thanks to it's outstreached orbit from few miles above earth at one point and
few miles from moon at other point. Lastly, it can become a traveling hotel
in manner of Savage's green asteroid.

Carl Mullin
www.ravenartstudio.com