XCOR Aerospace has acquired Space Expedition Corporation, the previously independent Dutch company which served as general sales agent for the XCOR Lynx and XCOR’s first wet-lease customer. The new sales entity, XCOR Space Expeditions, will continue to focus on sales, commercial partnerships, and participant training on a global level. XCOR Space Expeditions will also serve as a sales channel for future wet-lease customers.
According to a press statement, the acquisition signals XCOR’s commitment to being “the most active space flight company in the world,” with the highest frequency of flights and fastest learning curve.
“For the past two years, SXC has provided XCOR Aerospace with an expanding roster of new customers and commercial partners,” XCOR chief executive officer Jeff Greason said. “We look forward to making the most of their expertise and insights with customers and commercial partners. With their sales and marketing engine now a part of the XCOR brand, we deepen the connection between customers and Lynx.”
“As a founder of SXC, and through my background in e-Business and Formula One, I understand that exceptional engineering and design are vital for performance and the overall customer experience,” said Michiel Mol, a new XCOR board member. “XCOR Aerospace is the best I’ve seen in spacecraft and rocket engine design. XCOR Space Expeditions will provide direct connection to the XCOR brand and more up-to-date information about Lynx for individual ticket holders, wet-lease customers,and commercial partners.”
Good for you!
Since 2000 I have been trying to get “The Next Frontier” accepted in place of “The Final Frontier.” My first newspaper column was titled “The Next Frontier,” and ran in one of the Elko, NV newspapers in 2000.
Since then I’ve had over 90 articles published in “Space Future Journal,” (www.spacefuture.com) a publication devoted, among other things, to space tourism and space based solar power. The citizen accomplishments and disappointments were always a source of material.
Keep up the good work!
G B Leatherwood
Spring Hill, FL
Typically acquisition press releases list the amount and kind paid.
Why? Are you in the market for a space-tourism subsidiary? 🙂
Ahh, it was an “all-stock transaction”.