You may be right about manufacturing rockets. But you CAN have a small setup like the one I described and still be successful in the space program. For example you could build space qualification testing equipment, vacuum chambers, special electronics & thin-film deposition systems, robotics components. How does three employees paid $40,000 per year sound, or two employees at $60,000/yr ?
The whole point I was making is that the company name, location, basic machinery and employees could be covered by the interest on the $17 million principle. If you have revenues on top of that then you can invest more heavily. But if you don't have revenues the the company will not simply disappear, it will still be around when the next opportunity comes along.
Disclaimer: the use of words such as "could" or "can" followed by a supposed action does not mean that it is realistic, nor does it mean that it isn't realistic.
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Re: Budget Proposal