Nasa astronaut Chang launches stocks of Costa Rica's Ad Astra Rocket Company
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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The Ad Astra Rocket Company with its headquarters in Houston, Texas and branch in Liberia, Guanacaste, announced that it will be become a limited public corporation on the Costa Rica stock exchange, offering stock to investors with a minimum of $25,000.
The company was founded in 2005 by Costa Rican scientist and former NASA astronaut, Franklin Chang-Diaz, to develop a plasma engine for use in the US space program.
Chang said that the type of investor that the company expects to attract is sophisticated and knowledgeable.
Original source: Inside Costa Rica