To Infinity & Beyond (or at least the Moon)

Ian Taylor

Chairman, Lunar Missions Ltd

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Warwick University Think Tank Society3rd February 2015

‘Audacious’ ‘Innovative’ ‘Ambitious’ ‘Inspiring’ ‘Educational’ ‘Cultural’

• Preliminary Fundraising achieved – Kickstarter.com

• Independent project – global reach

• Strong science, educational & media team

• RAL Space lead in technical development

“By drilling we will unlock billions of years of geological history related to the origin and evolution of the Earth-Moon system.”

Professor Ian Crawford, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck College, University of London

Science led, independent, open to all

“Lunar Mission One is bringing space exploration to us all.

It is a truly exciting scientific endeavour – one that will

give us new insights into the ancient history of the Moon,

and understand better its relationship with our own planet.

“For children, young people and adults alike, there are few

things more capable of inspiring wonder than the mysteries of space. Lunar Mission One has the potential to rekindle our wonder about our closest neighbour, the Moon, which still holds so many secrets.

“This Mission dares to remind us that some of the most interesting questions yet to be answered about space, can actually be answered this close to home. And it makes us wonder about our own place in time, as part of the history and future of the Universe.”

Professor Stephen Hawking

Public endorsers include

• Lunar Mission One: to deeply drill where no one has drilled before

• Science of/on/from the Moon’s South Pole

• Assess whether feasible to have observatories/communications posts on far side

• Telerobotic control

• Archive

- Life on Earth: humanity + biosphere

- Personal, revenue generating

• Global education

Lunar drilling

Mission team

Science team

Education team

Howard of Effingham School

• Dan Tani, an American engineer and a NASA astronaut.

Tani conducted the 100th spacewalk on the International Space Station.

• Robert (Bob) Brumley, MD of Laser Light Communications

LLC which intends to be the first satellite telecoms service provider based entirely on optical wave technology.

• Mazlan Othman, astrophysicist, the former Director of the

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA).

• Gui Trotti, the first architect working for NASA on lunar

bases, Mars vehicles and the Space Station & advisor to US National Academies on NASA technology assessment.

LM1 International Advisors

• Drilling

• Precision landing

• Science

• Biosphere record

• Education

• Mission lead

• Mission authority

• Marketing of Memory Boxes

• Global funding – project to cost up to $1bn

International opportunities

• A $30 million competition to land a privately funded robot on the Moon.

• The Google Lunar XPRIZE aims to open a new era of lunar travel by vastly decreasing the cost of access to the Moon and space to:

• Land a robot safely on the Moon

• Move 500 meters on, above, or below the Moon’s surface; and

• Send back HDTV Mooncasts for everyone to enjoy

• ….and this must all be completed before the December 31st, 2016 deadline!

• (Private) GLXP Barcelona Moon Team June 2015

• (Private) GLXP Penn State Lunar Lion Team 2015

• (Private) GLXP Moon Express 2015

• (Private) GLXP Astrobotic Technology 2015

• China Chang'e 4 2015

• Russia Luna-Glob 1 2016

• IndiaChandrayaan-2 2017

• China Chang'e 5 2017

• Russia Luna-Glob 2 (Luna-Resurs) 2018

• USA ILN Node 1 2018

• China Chang'e 6 2020

Other Robotic Lunar Missions (1)

• Japan SELENE-2 2017

• USA International Lunar Network 2018+

• Russia Luna-Grunt 2020 and 2021

• South Korea Moon orbiter and lander 2020+

• North Korea Moon mission Unknown

• Private OpenLuna 2020+

• UK (Independent)Lunar Mission One 2024

Why the Moon??? Watch this ESA video:http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2015/01/Destination_Moon

Other Robotic Lunar Missions (2)

Exploring Lunar resources

Beyond the Moon, Rosetta….

• ……and Philae

…or Robotic Exploration of Mars

..or nearer to Earth, the ISS

Main Priorities:

• £47.7 million to play a leading role in Europe’s Mars mission and retain leadership of Mars Rover development

• £49.2 million to give UK researchers access to the $100 billion ISS programme

• Increased investment in telecommunications, including £56.9 million for the development of a low-cost, flexible satellite worth over £1 billion to UK industry

• UK space industry’s £11.3 billion contribution to the UK economy.

• https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency

In context – UK Space Policy

Stimulating Space innovation

Don’t just watch space exploration, be part of it

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