Lunar resources

Innovative Lunar Far Side Radio Array to Observe the Early Universe's Dark Ages Selected by NASA for Design Study

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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This month, NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program awarded Lunar Resources, a pioneering space industrial company based in Houston, a study contract for a design of FarView, a lunar farside radio observatory.

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  • This month, NASA's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program awarded Lunar Resources, a pioneering space industrial company based in Houston, a study contract for a design of FarView, a lunar farside radio observatory.
  • The proposed observatory includes more than 100,000 dipole antennas and would become the most powerful telescope ever built for studying low-frequency radio waves.
  • Such radiation could provide astrophysicists with an unprecedented glimpse into the universe's "Dark Ages," an epoch in the cosmos's history before the first stars formed.
  • The study will be led by Dr. Ronald S. Polidan of Lunar Resources.

Lunar Resources and Wood Selected by NASA to Study Building a Pipeline on the Moon

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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We are thrilled to team with Wood on the development of the LSPoP, who brings a premiere team to design revolutionary lunar infrastructure", said Elliot Carol, CEO of Lunar Resources.

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  • We are thrilled to team with Wood on the development of the LSPoP, who brings a premiere team to design revolutionary lunar infrastructure", said Elliot Carol, CEO of Lunar Resources.
  • Included in the study is exploring the feasibility of building pipeline elements in-situ from the abundant metals found on the Moon.
  • Matthew Laborde, a consulting Senior Pipeline Engineer to Lunar Resources said, "The environment of the Moon is night and day compared to Earth.
  • The NIAC grant covers an initial 9-month feasibility study and is part of Lunar Resources' lunar architecture to supply in-situ commodities on the South Pole of the Moon by 2028.

NASA Will Name Companies Selected to Collect Lunar Resources Under Artemis Program

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --NASA will hold a media teleconference Thursday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. EST to announce the companies it has selected to collect lunar resources as part of the Artemis program.

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  • WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --NASA will hold a media teleconference Thursday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. EST to announce the companies it has selected to collect lunar resources as part of the Artemis program.
  • Next-generation lunar science and technology is a key objective for returning to the Moon under the Artemis program and preparing for Mars.
  • The ability to extract and use space resources is critical to support a sustainable human presence on the lunar surface.
  • Companies selected for space resources contracts will collect a small amount of lunar regolith from any location on the Moon's surface and provide imagery to NASA of the collected material, along with data that identifies the collection location.