Several months ago, the Moon Village Association (MVA) in cooperation with the leading Ukrainian space engineering company – Yuzhnoye State Design Office launched the PromoMoon Initiative in honor of Alexander Degtyarev– aimed to inspire the new generation of inventors to develop ideas for future sustainable lunar activities and provide an opportunity to advance the engineering maturity level.
The initiative received 15 excellent proposals from teams of individuals and startups from all 10 different countries presenting novel ideas, concepts and solutions on lunar technologies falling under the following categories: 1) transportation to and from the Moon, 2) transportation on the Moon surface, 3) Energy and power on the Moon, 4) Infrastructure, construction and manufacturing on the Moon and others.
After the final round of evaluation, it is our pleasure to announce the winners of this year’s PromoMoon Initiative who will be receiving free-of-charge B2B mentorship from experts on lunar technologies. In addition, the teams will be given the opportunity for their work to be featured in a paper to be presented at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris this September 2022. Congratulations!
Top three winning proposals (in no particular order):
| Project | Category | Team Name/ Country |
|---|---|---|
| Technology to efficiently generate food and O2 and remove waste atmospheric CO2 gas for astronauts residing in living compartments during space missions. | Gianna Torres,Spira Inc. startup, USA | Infrastructure, construction and manufacturing on the Moon (provision of building materials, manufacture from the regolith, maintenance of infrastructure),Other |
| VEPS – volatile extraction technology on planetary surfaces | Kunal Kulkarni, team of studentsVolatile extraction technology on planetary surfaces (VEPS), Germany | Other |
| The lunar building materials produced based on recycled space debris | Frank Koch,startupOrbit Recycling, Germany | Infrastructure, construction and manufacturing on the Moon (provision of building materials, manufacture from the regolith, maintenance of infrastructure) |
Mentorship Sessions: June 23 – July 15, 2022
Final Report/Preparation for IAC: July 16 – August 31, 2022
The winning teams will be be receiving free-of-charge B2B mentorship in addition to an opportunity for their work to be featured in a paper to be presented at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Paris this September 2022. Team leaders/members of the winning teams will also be invited to be co-authors of the paper. For more information on the paper, you may see: https://iafastro.directory/iac/paper/id/74387/summary/
For any questions, please contact Bernadette Detera at gro.n1714051134oitai1714051134cossa1714051134egall1714051134ivnoo1714051134m@are1714051134ted.e1714051134tteda1714051134nreb1714051134
PromoMoon Initiative Closing Session
To give this initiative to a close, we are inviting everyone to join us for the awarding session of the winning teams to he held on July 15, 2022 at 17:00 CET.
To register, visit https://moonvillageassociation.org/event/promomoon-initative-closing-session/
Through this initiative, the Moon Village Association and the Yuzhnoye State Design Office strives to inspire the Moon Village Generation to develop ideas for future sustainable lunar activities and provides an opportunity to advance their engineering maturity level. We sincerely extend our thanks to all teams who participated in this initiative and more importantly to our international team of experts for extending their expertise and advice.
About the Initiative
The Moon Village Association in cooperation with the leading Ukrainian space engineering company – Yuzhnoye State Design Office is organizing PromoMoon Initiative for Moon Village Generation in honor of Dr. Alexander Degtyarev.
If you have novel ideas, solutions, concepts and projects for lunar-related technologies and you want to contribute to human permanent presence on the Moon, Moon Village Association and Yuzhnoye SDO are pleased to invite you to participate in the 1st PromoMoon Initiative for Moon Village Generation.
The international team of leading space experts will select the best technical concepts and the winners will get support for their research through voluntary and free-of-charge expert B2B mentorship and Q&A sessions. The best application will be also provided with an opportunity to present idea during Moon-related Technical Sessions (D4 and D3) of IAC 2022 outside typical selection process.
The initiative inspires Moon Village Generation to develop ideas for future sustainable lunar activities and provides an opportunity to advance engineering maturity level.
Who can apply?
- Teams of students
- Teams of young professionals
- Spinoffs
- Startups
- New Space companies
- SMEs
Application Categories
- Transportation to and from the Moon:
- space launch systems and their subsystems;
- spacecraft and their subsystems;
- launch and landing pads.
- Transportation on the Moon surface
- robotic rovers and hoppers;
- landers and their subsystems.
- Energy and power on the Moon (power production & distribution)
- Infrastructure, construction and manufacturing on the Moon
- provision of building materials;
- manufacture from the regolith;
- maintenance of infrastructure.
- Other
Moon Village Association
The Moon Village Association (MVA) has been recently created as non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Vienna. Its goal is the creation of a permanent global informal forum for stakeholders like governments, industry, academia and the public interested in the development of the Moon Village. The MVA fosters cooperation for existing or planned global moon exploration programs, be they public or private initiatives. It comprises of more than 600 participants to MVA activities from more than 50 countries and 33 Institutional members around the globe, representing a diverse array of technical, scientific, cultural and interdisciplinary fields.
MVA partners with non-space organizations to promote international discussions and formulation of plans to foster the implementation of the Moon Village and is creating international, national and regional networks to engage civil society around the world.
Yuzhnoye State Design Office
Yuzhnoye State Design Office (https://www.yuzhnoye.com/en/home/) is the leading Ukrainian as well as one of the most well-known and recognized scientific and design companies in the field of space technology development. This recognition is based on the exceptional experience in space technologies development gained during almost 70 years of the company`s activity.
Yuzhnoye SDO has robust capabilities based on the unique experience in the development of rocket and space technologies, which contributes to the status of Ukraine as a country with rich technological and scientific potential. Efforts of Yuzhnoye SDO team and partner organizations have resulted in development of nine types of space launch vehicles atop of which more than 1100 spacecraft were orbited as a result of almost 500 launches.
Yuzhnoye SDO possesses scientific, engineering and production capabilities to implement full cycle of creation and operation of rocket-space systems and equipment. The important advantage of Yuzhnoye is an impressive school of engineering and design specialists.
Bibliographic Reference:
Dr. Alexander Degtyarev served as General Designer-General Director of Yuzhnoye State Design Office, the world-known Ukrainian leading aerospace company, his main interest was in aerospace engineering he had succeeded in. Due to his extensive, more than 40 years’ experience in engineering, designing and development testing of launch vehicle systems, he managed to resolve a number of topical challenges in aerospace industry. Dr. Degtyarev’s scientific achievements found their application in the well-known international space projects such as Sea Launch, Land Launch, Dnepr, Cyclone, Antares, Vega.
Due to the large-scale projects led by A. Degtyarev, Yuzhnoye SDO made a major contribution to broadening international cooperation in space exploration for peaceful purposes, developing space science and enriching the Ukrainian economy. Interplanetary missions and establishment of human habitations on the Moon and Mars were not only cherished dreams of Dr. Alexander Degtyarev, but also a way forward for the technologies development by the company that he successfully ran. Consistently, Yuzhnoye SDO has developed Lunar Research & Industrial Base Concept and initiated a number of related studies even before it has globally become the mainstream. Yuzhnoye SDO was among those companies who joined MVA as an institutional member right after the organizations establishment.
Dr. Alexander Degtyarev, being MVA Advisory Council Member, was a consistent supporter of MVA`s activities
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