Lunar Resource Exploitation with Swarm Rovers Kyle Acierno Global Business Development Manager ispace technologies inc. k-acierno@ispace-inc.com www.ispace-inc.com
Locate resources necessary for extending human presence in space 1
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Cost Effective Access to Space 900kg ~4kg 120kg 6
Lunar Resource Potential Where? South Pole JAXA Lacus Mortis NASA Procellarum KREEP Terrane What? Ice Habitable Zones Rare Earth Metals Usage? In orbit In-situ On Earth 7
Single Swarm 8
Swarm Architecture Lander 9
Step by Step Approach to Swarm Exploitation 1 Rover 10 Rovers 50+ Rovers 100 s of Rovers 2017 2019 2021 2025 NASA Milestone Google LUNAR XPRIZE Volatile Detection Volatile Mapping Volatile Extraction Market Japan/International Research Institutions Space Agencies Private Sector Sales Advertising Technology Demonstration Data Resources 10
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Mitigating risks by planning in advance 13 RISK Contingency Plan Development 1. Development delay 2. Failure in space 1 & 2 => securing next launch within one year (depending on next funding) Launch & Landing Team 1. Launch delay 2. Launch failure 3. Landing failure 1. Hiring engineers 2. Hiring executives 1~3 => securing the next launch within one year (depending on next funding) 1 => hiring from other industries (automotive, robotics, consumer electronics, IT, etc) 2 => hiring globally Regulation 1. Export license 2. FCC license 1 => consultation from top tier ITAR lawyers 2 => Renting from other entities Market 1. No resources found 2. Delay of property right in space 1 => analysis by telescope in advance 2 => Lobbying to government
Takeshi Hakamada ispace technologies, inc. / Founder & CEO 14 Achievements Won Google Lunar XPRIZE Milestone Prize in 2015 As a management consultant, conducted many cost reduction projects which delivered several million dollars cost savings to his clients in various industries Conducted research about electronic ship conceptual design for U.S. Navy and a simulation model for focusing future business jets demand etc. at Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory at Georgia Tech Bio 2004 B.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Nagoya University 2006 M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 2006~2013 LowendalMasai K.K. 2010~ KK ispace (formerly White Label Space Japan, LLC), CEO 2014~ ispace technologies, inc. (Registered in DE, U.S.), CEO Others Scholarship from Morita International Education Foundation which was founded by Mr. Morita of SONY. (Georgia Tech, 2004) contributed to meetings initiated by then Minister of State of Japan, Mr. Yamamoto, to discuss how to create new space industry by new players in Japan as a one of Japanese space startups (2014)
Dr. Kazuya Yoshida ispace technologies, inc. / CTO Professor, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Tohoku University Achievements HAYABUSA (an asteroid sample return probe), Minerva II (a micro robot installed in HAYABUSA II) RISING/RISING-2 (50 kg microsatellites for science mission) and QUINCE (a mobile robot to cope with the Fukushima power plant incident) Best Paper Award from IEEE at 2008 International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation Award for Excellence in Physical Science & Mathematics for Springer Handbook of Robotics, Association of American Publishers, Inc. Bio 1990 Dr. Eng, in Mechanical Engineering Science from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan 1994~1995 Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.A.) 1995~2003 Associate Professor, Tohoku University. 2003~ Professor, Tohoku University 2009~ Faculty of International Space University (non resident) 2010~ ispace, CTO 2011~ Director of Center of Robotics for Extreme and Uncertain Environments, TohokuUniversity Area of Expertise Space Robotics, Dynamics and Control of Multibody Systems, Attitude Dynamics of Spacecrafts, Mobile Robots for Exploration, Wheel-soil Mechanics for Off-road Vehicles, Robots in Hazard Environment, Redundant Manipulators, Teleoperation, Robots for Security and Disaster Mitigation, Micro Satellite Design and Integration Others A member of space development utilization committee by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan Teaching space robotics at International Space University since 1998