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By: The rise and fall of Rocketplane « NewSpace Journal

The rise and fall of Rocketplane « NewSpace Journal — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:32:06 +0000

[…] vehicles (the latter under a NASA COTS agreement) before running into financial problems and eventually going bankrupt. French had long been interested in space, but it was a trip to Space Camp in 1990 that provided an […]

By: Rocketplane Files for Bankruptcy « Res Communis

Rocketplane Files for Bankruptcy « Res Communis — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:21:22 +0000

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By: anon

anon — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 20:15:05 +0000

We did what we said we could do. Unfortunately, we did not complete the program as originally conceived a
Said Mr Madoff.

The Taxayers of Oklahoma are out $18M in Fraud and corruption.

By: anonymous II

anonymous II — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:13:42 +0000

â€œWe did what we said we could do. Unfortunately, we did not complete the trip as originally conceived,â€ Captain Smith told a group of first class passengers. “Best of luck to you all. Cheerio.”

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 17:46:14 +0000

Rocketplane Global has been barely hanging on the last couple of years since its orbital counterpart, Rocketplane Global, lost its NASA COTS award and the financial crisis dried up the investment market.

Jeff, I wouldn’t say that the investment market has “dried up.” The level may have dropped a bit, but there’s still a heck of a lot of investment going on out there for promising ventures. I doubt that was root of the problem.

By: Oklahoma’s Rocketplane Goes Chapter 7

Oklahoma’s Rocketplane Goes Chapter 7 — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:54:18 +0000

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