Space Island Group is a commercial organization based in West Covina, CA

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

 that is dedicated to the development of commerce, research, manufacturing and tourism in space. They plan to accomplish this by designing, building and operating commercial space transportation systems and destinations. Their flagship project is the Space Island Project

The Space Island Project

The Space Island Project is a project whose goal is to create a stand-alone commercial space infrastructure supporting manned business activities in Low Earth orbit 400 to 500 miles above earth....

. This will be a stand-alone commercial space infrastructure supporting manned business activities in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) 400 to 500 miles above earth. They plan to accomplish this through the use of technologies, vehicles and procedures developed by NASA

NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

and aerospace companies over the last 25 years.

Funding

One of the unique propositions outlined by the Space Island Group is their funding methodology. They argue that previous attempts at commercial space projects have had a dependency on revenue and subsidies from government agencieshttp://www.spaceislandgroup.com/nasacost.html, but that they have a funding plan that would be viable through capitalizing on commercial markets such as solar power satellites.

External links

• The Space Island Group web site
• The Space Island Group solar power satellite initiative