Perhaps they look at at the risk differently then you and have...

Perhaps they look at at the risk differently then you and have written the money off - understanding the company may well fail. The purchase of 1 million shares for $500 odd dollars compared to a year or two of gold lotto enteries, drinking and pissing it against a wall, speeding fines, gambling in a casino, the cost of smokes or cans of coke or other consumer items etc. The company has a better chance of providing a return than much of the above. MST's situation is not hopeless, it has a range of products and great potential - whether it is realised or not -time will tell. Do not denigrate current buyers - their situation and hence perspective may be a lot more rational than you think.