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Manufacturing Propellant in Space at Mega Scale
Joined September 2023
As part of a prize in our Break the Ice Lunar Challenge which ended last year, @StarpathSpace tested its updated competition rover this summer in the vacuum chamber at @NASA_Marshall. The challenge aimed to advance novel technologies to find and transport ice on the Moon. Read
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Engineered for Mars. Flies Anywhere.
1/7 We needed power for building gas stations on the Moon and Mars. Suppliers quoted us $100/W for solar and 14 months lead times. So we built our own. Space-rated solar, scalable, and 90% cheaper. Now it powers our mission. And yours. Launching today 🧵
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@rookisaacman @Erdayastronaut @CJHandmer Power on the surface of mars can be and is solved at a substantially higher W/kg than anyone has ever guessed, and its sufficient for prop production at really any rate up to 1000 Tons/day If you swing by @StarpathSpace in Hawthorne I can show you the machines that make it work
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the human species production rate of useful payload for Mars must increase immediately and never slow down
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We are going to make the skylines of Martian cities look like Dubai
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We need 40 billion watts on mars and we have like 800 watts it’s a bad record so far, fixing asap
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545Â days until Earth Mars transfer window opens no time for caution
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ANNOUNCEMENT: After a carefully examined shift in priorities, Starpath will halt all development in space mining and focus on new goals in crypto mining. We offer our deepest condolences to those affected.
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Thanks, Mo, for having us!
The cost to build a mass scale propellant production system on the Moon? Significantly < $100M according to @StarpathSpace cofounder and CEO Saurav Shroff. This week’s Pathfinder pod features the LA-based startup developing the infrastructure for lunar resource extraction.
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From designing and testing novel hardware to collecting sensor data for our autonomous rover, no two days are alike here at Starpath Robotics. Watch below to see some of the projects we are working on in our journey to make life multi-planetary!
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Excited to be co-leading @StarpathSpace $8M round with @8vc. Starpath is building commercial scale propellant production factories for the surface of the Moon and Mars. A big shoutout to @SauravShroff5 and the entire @starpath team! https://t.co/xje3qiyKa7
techcrunch.com
Starpath Robotics wants to make the moon a refueling station for rockets, lunar landers and other spacecraft.
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1/ A future where we can support millions of people living on the Moon or Mars is far more exciting than one where that possibility doesn’t exist. Today, @StarpathSpace is announcing over $11M in total funding to help make that multi-planet future a reality
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Starpath accelerates moon water mining plans with $12M seed funding
techcrunch.com
Starpath Robotics wants to make the moon a refueling station for rockets, lunar landers and other spacecraft.
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From the initial ideation to the first diagrams, FLEX was designed to be the ultimate mobility solution for the Moon, Mars and beyond. While we wait excitedly for NASA to announce the winner(s), we continue to test FLEX, ensuring it is ready to answer the call, if chosen. 🤞
NASA will host a news conference announcing the company, or companies, selected in developing the Lunar Terrain Vehicle, to help #Artemis astronauts explore more of the Moon. The televised event is set for 4pm ET Wednesday, April 3, here at JSC.
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The current model for deep space transport is painfully expensive because it depends on throwing rockets away for almost all missions. Missions could be 10x cheaper if they had access to propellants produced on the Moon and Mars. That’s what we are solving at Starpath. 1/
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