Aerospace incubator gaining momentum For a nonprofit incubator that formed in January, eSpace: The Centre for Space Entrepreneurship has already taken off at a missilelike pace after it cleared its first hurdle in securing $2 million in government funding, added new mentors and chose its first three companies to incubate. The Boulder-based organisation started in January as a collaboration between The University of Colorado and Louisville-based SpaceDev Inc. to support entrepreneurship and work force development in the space industry.