Considerations When Analyzing Investment In Space Transportation business Ventures

摘要

Private sector investment in space transportation, as in most business situations, requires the development of realistic and believable business plans that demonstrate that if an investment is made that there is a reasonable chance that the indicated financial performance will attract the necessary financing. The business plan must also indicate the assumptions upon which the plan Rests, and as as has become almost second nature to the space transportation Industry, the necessary role of the government in risk reduction and/or capital Formation [i.e., government actions that are necessary to make the business Venture financially attractive].