Turning a space venture into a business case means projecting revenue, profit, return on investment, and payback across a horizon. This engine takes your assumptions and returns annual revenue, gross profit, ROI multiple, break-even year, an approximate NPV, and the share of value coming from helium-3 versus propellant.
It is a compact financial model for lunar and orbital ventures, aimed at making the money side as legible as the physics.
Revenue and cost combine into annual gross profit; accumulated over the horizon that gives cumulative profit and the break-even year. The ROI multiple compares total return to invested capital, and a discounted sum approximates NPV so future cash is weighted sensibly.
Splitting value into helium-3 and propellant shares shows which product actually carries the business — often propellant and services near-term, with helium-3 as upside — so you can pressure-test where the returns really come from.
Projecting a venture over a decade reveals whether it ever crosses break-even and what ROI it returns; adjusting the product mix shows that propellant and services frequently anchor the case while helium-3 is speculative upside rather than the foundation.
No — it is an educational modelling tool with adjustable assumptions, not financial advice.
As a discounted sum of projected cash flows — an approximation for comparison, not an audited valuation.
To show which product drives returns, so you don't over-rely on speculative revenue.
Yes — change inputs and copy the results to compare cases.
Yes — 25 languages, runs in-browser.