There's a team of three young guys who have started a company to harvest space junk. NASA likes their technology and has given them a contract to harvest some Apollo era rocket boosters floating in a bad spot. So what is the problem? They're in Michigan's upper peninsula and what they're doing is too risky for Midwest VC's. I've heard their presentation and was impressed with them.
So why are they in Michigan's upper peninsula? It's not as strange as it sounds. All three met while students at Northern Michigan University. Ninety miles away is the campus of Michigan Tech University which is the mining industry's MIT. Few people know it but NASA actually launched satellites nearby in the sixties and early seventies. A lot of people that had the skills to help weren't excited in living that far North. So Michigan Tech with NASA's assistance created a space technology curriculum.
Course that provides a steady stream of recent graduates that can stay in the upper peninsula after school. I am surprised the state of Michigan hasn't found a way to help these guys.
So why are they in Michigan's upper peninsula? It's not as strange as it sounds. All three met while students at Northern Michigan University. Ninety miles away is the campus of Michigan Tech University which is the mining industry's MIT. Few people know it but NASA actually launched satellites nearby in the sixties and early seventies. A lot of people that had the skills to help weren't excited in living that far North. So Michigan Tech with NASA's assistance created a space technology curriculum.
Course that provides a steady stream of recent graduates that can stay in the upper peninsula after school. I am surprised the state of Michigan hasn't found a way to help these guys.
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