Yitzchak Ben Yisrael, director of the Israel Space Administration, is seeking money for his agency's programs – and he wants to float shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange to do it.
According to Ben Yisrael, the Israeli space industry – which includes his agency, and companies like Israel Aircraft Industries – have a budget of some $150 billion a year, and that investments in the space field would benefit both space projects, and investors.