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City: Charlotte

Country: USA

Website: http://www.jgbowman.ulotka.org/

American Space Travel Company

GOALS:
1. people in space by 2009
2. establish corporation with offices in Charlotte NC to serve customers
3. hire the best people in management, engineering, sales, and finance

WORKING PHILOSOPHY:
“One half of one percent (0.5%) of a future Inc. 500 or Fortune 500 company is better than one hundred percent of nothing.”

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Captain's Blog #6

Look at previous blogs and if there is some topic you'd like to see: let me know immediately. When I am not wearing my space entrepreneur's hat, I am a writer (though usually not under my own name). This, IASE, is pretty much the only place in the world (or the universe for that matter) where I might tell people what I really think and I have already erased some previous blogs because of self-censorship. I can be controversial, I can put you to sleep, I can be ramrod straight business or relax… Continue

Posted on October 1, 2008 at 2:13pm —

Captain's Blog #5

Deep Space Project Model

Just because your idea is far in the future doesn't mean you should give up on the idea. Near future ideas like colonizing Mars find their constituency so why not far future ideas? Don't believe it? Consider the existence of the Mars Society and the Mars Underground and books on the Greening of Mars.

The way to do deep space projects might be as follows: Draft a business plan. Gather together the creators of ideas…

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Posted on July 7, 2008 at 6:44pm —

Captain's Blog #2: future topics under consideration

1. the need for a space entrepreneurs lobby at the UN and in DC 2. propulsion innovations 3. space entrepreneurs in South America 4. space entrepreneurs in Asia 5. space entrepreneurs in Africa 6. space entrepreneurs in Oceania 7. space entrepreneurs in Europe 8. some opportunities in which I'd like to participate 9. unusual sources of funding: Part One 10. why we must avoid the word 'aerospace'

Posted on May 15, 2008 at 3:49pm —

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At 5:16pm on October 22, 2008, JG Bowman said…: The head of Virgin Airlines, Richard Branson, is already experimenting with alternative fuel for his planes. As for alternatives to some of the poisonous fuels used in rocketry, hydrogen slurry and LOX might be good if the specific impulse were high enough. Frankly I do plan to do a lot of research into alternative propulsion that is environmentally clean as well as cheaper and faster but first I have to get someone to throw money at me.

With a New Economy on the way, I suppose we should be hopeful. I don't expect good things in space under President McCain though because he is Old Economy.

At 4:56pm on October 5, 2008, Pett said…: What´s wrong with air crafts (for daily use) run on alternative fuel? Somebody should start to massively producing them and initiate a campaign for replacing all antiques. I´ll join on the research and campaign bit... :) I´ll confess something another time.

Speak later,
Pett

At 1:46pm on October 1, 2008, JG Bowman said…: Basically the path to becoming a cash cow should go through three phases:
1. First, get aerospaceline operational expecting stiff and withering competition from the likes of Virgin Galactic and others earlier into the tourist to orbit market.
2. Second, diversify using as business models the world's three most consistently profitable and stable airlines. (I decline to state my opinion, at this point, as to which three I think are both consistently profitable and stable but you can probably figure them out.)
3. Third, shift over to other human space passenger businesses besides tourism. I am probably the only person on Earth who has thought this through because I do a heck of a lot of listening and research. As you probably know, tourism is seen as the driver of getting the masses (as opposed to just the elite) of people into space.

This is my business. I have little or no interest in getting machines and inaminate payloads into space because as Truax or Hudson would say any big dumb booster will do that.

Bet on a winner. Send some seed fund investors my way. We are at the bottom of the market. Never a better time!

At 12:32am on September 21, 2008, David Rajzman said…: Hey, I read your business plan from the Space Finance group. You have some very ambitious goals, but how do you intend to make money, specifically, become a cash cow?

At 3:11am on July 8, 2008, Rafal Graczyk said…: Hi JG,

thanks for warm invitation. I'm trying not only to bloom in place where is no space industry but to raise (at least help to) such industry in Poland.
If you find time check out my website for some details of my activities.

Rafal

At 9:49pm on June 23, 2008, Andy Stephenson said…: JG,

I am in Singapore with GeoEye (www.geoeye.com). We ahve been providing our solutions here since 2001. GeoEye is the premier provider of satellite and aerial imagery, geospatial information (information referenced to a specific location), geospatial products, and solutions for the national security community, strategic partners, and commercial customers helping them better map, measure and monitor the world.

GeoEye's world is one seen through our Earth imaging satellites—IKONOS and OrbView-2, two mapping aircraft, and a global network of regional partners and satellite receiving ground stations. GeoEye's geospatial information supports key industries, including national intelligence, defense and security, air and marine transportation, oil and gas, environmental monitoring, on-line mapping, insurance and risk management, urban planning and emergency preparedness.

We are headquartered in Dulles, Virginia. GeoEye is publicly traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol GEOY. Our value-added geospatial imagery processing and production capabilities are unmatched in the industry with facilities in Thornton, Colorado; St. Louis, Missouri; Norman, Oklahoma; and Mission, Kansas.

At 11:41am on June 18, 2008, SpaceTourist said…: To find out what GarageJet(TM) is, JG, go to my page and see my new profile. It gives that explanation you asked for.
GT

At 12:18am on June 16, 2008, William E Gunn said…: Hi JG,

Bill Gunn here. I know it's been a while, but I'm ready to get back in the game. I'd be happy to do my part in whatever capacity you deem fit. Just make sure my title...LOL is "Conceptual Consultant".

I'm planning to re-incorporate Spaceways, Inc. by the beginning of 2009, and make a small dent in the space tourism market.

Take care for now.

Bill Gunn

At 10:02am on June 4, 2008, Jeff Krukin said…: Greetings JG,

Last Thursday you emailed me via my website to inquire about my fee structure, and I replied to your bowman_jg@yahoo.com. In case that didn't get through, I replied that my fee structure depends on the work I would do for you and I requested details on what you need.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Jeff