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1. ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IN SPACE
Welcome to the New Frontier
+Chris Mohritz | chris@mohritz.co

2. MY GOAL
● Update on where things are at
● Preview of where we’re going & when
● Spark new ideas
● Foresee upcoming changes that may
affect your industry
● Getting access to space-based
resources will change everything
● 2014 will be a pivotal year

3. OUR JOURNEY
● Why now
● Earth data
● Heavy lifting
● Spacecraft
● The Moon
● Solar System
● Interstellar
Interrupt me at anytime for questions / comments

4. DEEP SPACE INDUSTRIES
● deepspaceindustries.com
● The gas station (fuel & snacks)
Video is a good overview of
where the commercialization
of space is currently at and
direction its headed.

5. THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS
asterank.com

6. WHY NOW?
Things are Changing, Exponentially

7. BIRTH OF A NEW ERA
● Ansari X Prize

8. GROWING SPACE DISCOVERIES
● Planets are plentiful
● 960+ confirmed (kepler.nasa.gov/Mission/discoveries)

9. PUBLIC ACCESS TO SPACE DATA
● planethunters.org
● milkywayproject.org
● solarstormwatch.com
● galaxyzoo.org
● moonzoo.org

10. INEXPENSIVE NANO SATELLITES
● icubesat.org
● nanoracks.com

11. EARTH DATA
Companies Providing Access to
Information From Satellites

12. PLANET LABS
● planet.com
● Imagery satellites

13. SKYBOX
● skybox.com
● Satellite imaging & derived data

14. THE INTERNET GROWS
● Facebook (titanaerospace.com)
● Google (google.com/loon)
● Outernet (outernet.is)
● Beyond Earth (ipnsig.org)

15. HEAVY LIFTING
Companies Getting People & Cargo Into
Space

16. SPACEX
● spacex.com
● Cargo launch services
● Encumbant: ulalaunch.com
● Elon Musk

17. BLUE ORIGIN
● blueorigin.com
● People launch service
● Jeff Bezos

18. REACTION ENGINES
● reactionengines.co.uk
● Skylon

19. SPACE ELEVATOR
● isec.org

20. MASTEN SPACE SYSTEMS
● masten.aero

21. SPACECRAFT
Companies Making & Operating Ships

22. VIRGIN GALACTIC
● virgingalactic.com
● thespaceshipcompany.com
● Space tourism

23. SPACEPORTS
● spaceportamerica.com
● mojaveairport.com

24. ORBITAL SCIENCES
● orbital.com

25. SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION
● sncspace.com

26. XCOR AEROSPACE
● xcor.com

27. THE MOON
Almost There

28. GOOGLE LUNAR X-PRIZE
● googlelunarxprize.org
● Discovery & Science Channel Reality Show
● $30M
● Dec. 2015

29. LUNAR LION (LUNAR X-PRIZE)
● lunarlion.psu.edu
● College-level project

30. GOLDEN SPIKE COMPANY
● goldenspikecompany.com
● Lunar expeditions & tourism

31. SHACKLETON ENERGY
● shackletonenergy.com
● Gas station

32. CHINESE COMPANIES TOOLING UP?
● Jade Rabbit landed December 2013

33. SOLAR SYSTEM
Companies Exploring the Neighborhood

34. MARS ONE
● mars-one.com
● Colonization
● Reality TV show

35. STONE AEROSPACE
● stoneaerospace.com
● Robotic exploration
● Europa?

36. PLANETARY RESOURCES
● planetaryresources.com
● Asteroid mining
● Peter Diamandis
planetaryresources.
com/2012/04/the-space-
economy-a-modern-day-
gold-rush-2

37. BIGELOW AEROSPACE
● bigelowaerospace.com
● Space habitats

38. INTERSTELLAR
Who’s Planning the Quantum Leap

39. ALPHA CENTAURI
● 4.367 light years (closest system)
● Project Tin Tin? (icarusinterstellar.org/projects/project-tin-tin)

40. ICARUS INTERSTELLAR
● icarusinterstellar.org
● Interstellar travel by 2100

41. 100 YEAR STARSHIP
● 100yss.org
● Human interstellar travel within 100 yrs
● DARPA & NASA grant
theonlinephotographer.typepad.
com/the_online_photographer/2013/05/ot-how-
do-you-build-a-starship-building-organization.
html

42. BUILD THE ENTERPRISE
● buildtheenterprise.org

43. KEEP DIGGING
● Economic Dev. (oecd.org/futures/space)
● National Space Society (nss.org)
● NewSpace Foundation (spacefrontier.org)
● Blog (space.com)
● Blog (universetoday.com)
● International Space University (isunet.edu)
● Startalk Radio podcast (startalkradio.net)
● spaceweather.com
● Live Video (spacestationlive.nasa.gov)

44. Feedback?
Questions?
chris@mohritz.co