Comments on: Is Google negotiating to become an investor in Virgin Galactic?

By: Kelly Starks

Kelly Starks — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:02:33 +0000

In reply to DK Williams.

Elons not looking like a buy recommendation to the market – and he doesn’t play well with others.

Though if they did want to develop a orbital capacity, there are better folks to team with.

By: DK Williams

DK Williams — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:13:06 +0000

Google would be better off working out a deal with Elon Musk.

By: Ron

Ron — Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:23:45 +0000

In reply to Pzatchok. LauncherOne?

By: Pzatchok

Pzatchok — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:28:53 +0000

Virgin has no plan or way of making an orbit.

All they are planning is pogo rides into sub space. How is that going to help Google?

The thing is Google has a load of stuff I call vapor cash. Cash made just from the increase in stock prices. Nothing material or service wise backing it.
AOL was like that at first but because it never diversified or purchased actual real business they eventually melted away. Now they are little more than a remaining thought on the internet.

Google is quickly trying to expand and has so much cash it can afford to toss a bunch into things that might not ever make a dollar. They can just write it off as a loss on their taxes.

By: Kelly Starks

Kelly Starks — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 18:40:11 +0000

Google has other interest – possibly even moving into manned suborbital and orbital space? Virgin has problems, but they are a lot farther along then Google in this field.

By: Pzatchok

Pzatchok — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 12:29:58 +0000

It looks like Google just wants to toss its cash all over the place.

Virgin has no way to insert satellites into a stable orbit so why would Google want to invest in them?

Their best bet would a be a company that can put their new satellites into orbit.