google lunar x prize, team lunatrex
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Background
• XADS: Directed Energy, Counter-IED and Non-Lethal
• VertiPod 2: Vertical Takeoff flying platform for military and civilian applications
• LunaTrex: Turn-key space operations and Google Lunar X PRIZE competition
BackgroundXADS: Non-Lethal Lasers
New, parallel effort, having purchased another company’s design to manufacture an heavier VTOL flying platform
• Low-cost space access
• Turn-Key Space Operations
• Google Lunar X-Prize
• Mission Control Center Operations• Low-cost operations for small-mid sats• Data Center; partnered with Orbit
Frontiers for Space Data Library• Launch and Integration Service
Consolidation• International partnerships to minimize
costs and maximize capabilities• Spacecraft Control Module (SCM)
New Facility• Will house AirBuoyant ops and
LunaTrex Mission Control• R&D and Production• Hangar for flight operations• Centralized offices• LEED-certified, green building
• Wind and solar power• Biodiesel Gensets• R-40 insulation
• Launch and Land a small Rover on Moon• Must take HD video and travel 500 meters• Must broadcast video to Earth• $20 Million Grand Prize; $5 million 2nd Prize• LunaTrex currently involves companies from
Indiana, Alabama, Ohio and Arizona, with an eye to international collaboration
• LunaTrex will involve university students, including those from Purdue and the University of Dayton, and others to make attempt.
• Sound principles; low cost, safe attempt
The Team So Far
• Why do we think we can do this?
• Every element of the effort is accounted for by experience of individuals on the team.
• Once the overall project is broken down into its constituent components, nothing is all that far-fetched.
• It is not up to one individual or one company – it is a growing alliance of many.
Contact InformationPete Bitar, President/CEO
765-623-9815 (Cell) 765-644-7323 (Office)[email protected]
www.AirBuoyant.com or www.VertiPod.com282 Airport Rd., Anderson, IN 46017