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JAXA Workforce, 2013-2023

Japan is continuing its efforts to promote the growth of new entrepreneurial space efforts. Proposed legislation in Japan would allow JAXA to create a fund to invest in private-sector businesses.

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Lunar-focused Company Performance

The two new lunar-focused companies that entered the market in the first half of 2023, Intuitive Machines and ispace, are showing a relative degree of stability in their share prices after some initial volatility in the early days. Intuitive Machines experienced a dramatic spike right around the time it completed its SPAC merger and began trading under the ticker LUNR on the Nasdaq Stock Market in late February 2023. The stock settled down within several weeks and traded around $8 from April onward, or 80% of the $10 nominal share price for the SPAC that took Intuitive Machines public.The two new lunar-focused companies that entered the market in the first half of 2023, Intuitive Machines and ispace, are showing a relative degree of stability in their share prices after some initial volatility in the early days. Intuitive Machines experienced a dramatic spike right around the time it completed its SPAC merger and began trading under the ticker LUNR on the Nasdaq Stock Market in late February 2023. The stock settled down within several weeks and traded around $8 from April onward, or 80% of the $10 nominal share price for the SPAC that took Intuitive Machines public.

The two new lunar-focused companies that entered the market in the first half of 2023, Intuitive Machines and ispace, are showing a relative degree of stability in their share prices after some initial volatility in the early days.

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S-Network Space Index vs. Benchmark Indexes, H1 2023

In the first half of 2023, the S-Network Space Index (SNET SPACE) underperformed other benchmark indexes, declining 0.6%. This compares to a 17% increase for the S-Network U.S. Equity 3000 Index (SNET 3000), which tracks the 3,000 largest (by market capitalization) U.S. stocks.In the first half of 2023, the S-Network Space Index (SNET SPACE) underperformed other benchmark indexes, declining 0.6%. This compares to a 17% increase for the S-Network U.S. Equity 3000 Index (SNET 3000), which tracks the 3,000 largest (by market capitalization) U.S. stocks.

In the first half of 2023, the S-Network Space Index (SNET SPACE) underperformed other benchmark indexes, declining 0.6%. This compares to a 17% increase for the S-Network U.S. Equity 3000 Index (SNET 3000), which tracks the 3,000 largest (by market capitalization) U.S. stocks.

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