Tesla Motors had its IPO today on the NASDAQ stock exchange, raising more than $226 million in an offering of 13.3 million shares. It is the first U.S. automobile IPO since Ford began trading publically more than 50 years ago. Tesla, whose founder Elon Musk started and has enjoyed success in companies such as [...]
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No Comments »As NASA prepares the Space Shuttle for its final missions, it does so knowing that the moment the shuttles retire, the U.S. will, for the first time since the dawn of manned space flight, lack a vehicle capable of transporting humans into Earth orbit. This precarious position will force NASA temporarily to rely on Russia, [...]
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