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I was sort of interested, but...

Of the many activities in life for which prior experience are essential for success: buying assets out of bankruptcy; re-tasking a communications satellite...

So, I perused the bios, and I'm just really not convinced that they could pull it off. Looks like a bunch of smart and really well meaning (young) people. Needs more billionaire greybeard.

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Mark Shuttleworth would be a good choice in my mind. Rich, with connections to more money. Experience in space so he understands the issues and has connections to the right kind of people to manage the technical side. Plus he's an African with an interest in philanthropy. Then again, for huge amount of money there are other ways to get lots of people connected. But being able to casually mention your communications satellite in conversation also has an allure..

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