Mining the Moon for Profit: a Case Study in Space Resource Utilization
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1 MINING THE MOON FOR PROFIT: A CASE STUDY IN SPACE RESOURCE UTILIZATION SIXTH SESSION: SPECULATIVE SPACE PROJECTS: EVALUATION OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE 11.03.2019 Who is PTScientists PT Scientists is a private science and engineering company with the goal to bring down cost of space exploration and enable affordable access to space. It is based in Berlin and employs 70 full-time professionals; 100% European ‘New Space’ approach through innovative partnering leveraging on private investments. Its first “Mission to the Moon” robotic program aims at soft landing >300kg of scientific payloads on the moon surface including two rovers. Team3 of dedicated scientists and engineers led by space experts with strong network within the industry Robert Boehme, CEO Sven Wehlan, COO Government IT security Project- and Datacenter specialist and space management specialist enthusiast who founded for private and government PTScientists in 2008 with the clients, co-founder of goal to further private space PTScientists. Business Strategy exploration. & Commercial Technical Development ~9 FTE ~48 FTE Torsten Kriening, CCO ~70 FTE Chief Commercial Officer of PTScientists. Advisor for operations in the Middle East region and space business Intelligence expert. General, Management & Administration Ing. Juergen Brandner, CTO Asst. Prof. Dr. Rolf Erdmann, CSO ~8 FTE Trained industry specialist, Former trained Astronaut and engineer and CTO at experienced EVA flight instructor PTScientists, patent holder and for the space Shuttle, Soyuz and specialist in the development the ISS, Head of Mission Operations of medical instruments. at PTScientists. The Destination Deep dive Mission-1: Key targets Establish landing site near historic Apollo 17 mission site from 1972 Explore the area and deliver high- resolution lunar images through use of two “Audi lunar quattro” rovers Install first lunar 4G/LTE network with Vodafone, Nokia and Nokia Bell Labs Capture global audience for „Mission to the Moon“ through cooperation with Red Bull Media House Core-business is payload delivery to lunar surface and lunar surface transportation NAME ALINA ALQ Autonomous Landing and Audi lunar quattro Navigation Module TYPE Lunar Landing Vehicle Lunar Surface Transportation DETAILS • Modular and versatile • Fourth generation lunar rover spacecraft • Four wheel drive with Audi • Travels with its built-in propulsion quattro technology • Used to deliver payloads • Remotely controlled from Earth • 4G/LTE Communications base- station COMPATIBLE all commercial launch vehicles various mission profiles PAYLOAD >300kg 5kg MISSION 1 Beyond7 Mission to the Moon Beyond the first mission PTScientists intends to provide Europe regular independent robotic access to the lunar surface PTScientists has teamed up with ArianeGroup and, together with Arianespace and Space Applications Services NV/SA, plans to being able to become full service provider covering • Launch Services • Mission Operations • Navigation • Positioning • Accurate Pointing • Autonomous Landing • Payload Environmental Control and Deployment • Communication and Communication Network • Connectivity Various8 missions are planned in the future reaching as far as establishment of a Moon Village EVALUATION OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE “Moon Village” 2020 2022 2024 2025 onwards 2030 MISSION-1 MISSION-2 MISSION-3 Full OEM “Taurus-Littrow” “Malapert Mountain” “ESA-ISRU”, likely Malapert Mission architecture • 11.5 days, 2 Rovers at • Dedicated ISRU polar mission • ESA lead ISRU mission to • Conduct at least 1 Apollo 17 site • Multi year mission extract water in the south lunar mission per year polar region from 2024 onwards • 200kg of payloads • Long lasting installation and • Technology demonstration, services e.g. a lunar deep • 300kg of payload delivery • Provide full OEM communication and space telescope • Deployment of long-term mission profile to non navigation infrastructure infrastructure elements space actors deployment Mission to the Moon “Ark of Humanity” “Living of the Land” Global Media Campaign Global Media Campaign Mission Media Campaign Comms & Lunar Orbit High-speed Lunar night Human exploration Full cycle lunar power plants Navigation Positioning link network survival support PTScientists receives support from strong network of blue chip technology partners Key Technology Partners Mission Scientific & Academic Partners Mission Technology Partners Mission Supporters 10 The Vision – the Moon Village The Moon Village One of the most visionary space projects in the history of humanity has already established in the global media, introduced by the European Space Agency. As an international concept the Moon Village involves all mayor space agencies globally and is enabled by private entities such as SpaceX, Blue Origin and PTScientists. PTScientists.com [email protected] +49 171 5130421 [email protected] +49 177 7434342 Thank you!.