UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
                                    FORM 8-K

                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                August 25, 2004
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                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)


                                    000-28947
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                             Commission File Number


                                 SPACEDEV, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      Colorado                                                  84-1374613
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 (State  or  other  jurisdiction  of     (I.R.S.  Employer  Identification  No.)
                        incorporation  or  organization)

                   13855 Stowe Drive, Poway, California 92064
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                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                                 (858) 375-2030
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                (Issuer's telephone number, including area code)

                                       N/A
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   (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
                                     report)

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ITEM  1.01     MATERIAL  DEFINITIVE  AGREEMENTS

     On  August 25, 2004, SpaceDev, Inc., ("SpaceDev") entered into a Securities
Purchase  Agreement  (the  "Agreement")  with  the  Laurus  Master   Fund,  Ltd.
("Laurus")  whereby  SpaceDev  issued 250,000 shares of its Series C Convertible
Preferred  Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Preferred Shares"), to Laurus
for  an  aggregate purchase price of $2,500,000 or $10.00 per share (the "Stated
Value").  The Preferred Shares are convertible into the $0.0001 par value Common
Stock of the Company at a rate of $1.54 per share (the "Conversion Rate") at any
time  after  the  date of issuance, and pay quarterly, cumulative dividends at a
rate  of  6.85%  with  the  first  payment due on January 1, 2005. Dividends are
payable  in  cash  or  shares  of  Common  Stock at the holder's option with the
exception that dividends must be paid in shares of Common Stock for up to 25% of
the aggregate dollar trading volume if the fair market value of the Common Stock
for  the  20-days  preceding  the conversion date exceeds 120% of the Conversion
Rate. The Preferred Shares are redeemable by SpaceDev in whole or in part at any
time  after  issuance  for  (a)  115% of the Stated Value if the average closing
price  of  the  Common  Stock  for the 22 days immediately preceding the date of
conversion  does  not  exceed the Conversion Rate or (b) the Stated Value if the
average  closing price of the Common Stock for the 22 days immediately preceding
the  date  of  conversion  exceeds the Stated Value. The Preferred Shares have a
liquidation  right  equal  to  the Stated Value upon dissolution, liquidation or
winding-up  of  SpaceDev.  The  Preferred  Shares  have  no  voting  rights.

     In  conjunction  with  the  Preferred  Shares,  SpaceDev issued a five-year
common  stock  purchase  warrant  (the  "Warrant") to Laurus for the purchase of
487,000  shares  of  Common  Stock  at  an exercise price of $1.77. SpaceDev has
committed to register all of the shares of Common Stock underlying the Preferred
Shares  and the Warrant, as well as shares payable as dividends on the Preferred
Shares  for  resale.

     Also  in  conjunction with the preferred stock financing, Laurus has agreed
to  extend  SpaceDev's  current  revolving  credit facility reported on Form 8-K
filed  June  18,  2003  from  $1.0 million to $1.5 million. The first $1,000,000
converted  under  the  revolving  credit  facility  was  converted last year and
earlier  this  year  at  a  rate  of  $0.55  per  share.  On March 31, 2004, the
conversion  price  for the next $500,000 under the revolving credit facility was
set  at $0.85 per share. The next $1 million under the revolving credit facility
will be convertible by Laurus at a rate of $1.00 per share. Laurus has committed
to  convert  the  full  $1,500,000 into Common Stock on or prior to December 31,
2004.

ITEM  3.02     UNREGISTERED  SALES  OF  EQUITY  SECURITIES

     As reported under Item 1.01 of this report, pursuant to Section 4(2) of the
Securities  Act  of 1933, SpaceDev issued 250,000 shares of its Preferred Shares
to  Laurus  which  are  convertible  at  any  time after issuance into shares of
SpaceDev's  Common  Stock  at a conversion rate of $1.54 per share, along with a
five-year  warrant  convertible  into  487,000  shares of its Common Stock at an
exercise  price  of  $1.77  per  share.  The Preferred Shares were issued for an
aggregate  purchase  price  of  $2,500,000. At the same time, SpaceDev's current
revolving  credit  facility  was  extended  to  $1.5  million.  The $1.5 million
revolving  credit facility is convertible into shares of SpaceDev's common stock
at  a rate of $0.85 per share on the first $500,000, $1.00 per share on the next
$1  million,  and then 103% of the volume weighted average closing price for the
ten (10) trading days prior to the last day of the period during which such $1.5
million  has  been  converted.

ITEM  9.01     FINANCIAL  STATEMENTS  AND  EXHIBITS

     (c)     Exhibits.




                                                                                                  

Certificate  of  Designations  dated  as  of  August  25,  2004,  by and between
SpaceDev,  Inc.  ("SpaceDev")  and  the  Laurus  Master  Fund,  Ltd.  ("Laurus"). . . . . . . .        3.1
Certificate of  Series C Preferred Stock, Dated August 25, 2004, by and among SpaceDev and Laurus      4.1
Form of Warrant, Dated August 25, 2004, by and among SpaceDev and Laurus. . . . . . . . . . . .        4.2
Security Purchase Agreement, Dated August 25, 2004, by and among SpaceDev and Laurus. . . . . .       10.1
Registration Rights Agreement, Dated August 25, 2004, by and among SpaceDev and Laurus. . . . .       10.2
Letter Agreement, Dated August 25, 2004, by and among SpaceDev and  Laurus. . . . . . . . . . .       10.3




                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant  to  the  requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has  duly  caused  this  report  to  be  signed on its behalf by the
undersigned  hereunto  duly  authorized.


Dated:  August 30, 2004

SPACEDEV, INC.

/s/ Richard B. Slansky
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Richard B. Slansky,
Chief Financial Officer