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Who We Are & Where We Are Going

Pursuing the Google Lunar X Prize Composed of 12 dedicated individuals Varied skill sets Experts in their fields Primarily sponsor funded Excellent at getting in-kind sponsorships. Who We Are & Where We Are Going. Sponsorship to Date. Nanosatellite Launcher Challenge

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Who We Are & Where We Are Going

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  1. Pursuing the Google Lunar X Prize Composed of 12 dedicated individuals Varied skill sets Experts in their fields Primarily sponsor funded Excellent at getting in-kind sponsorships Who We Are &Where We Are Going

  2. Sponsorship to Date

  3. Nanosatellite Launcher Challenge Announced Jul 13 2010 Team Phoenicia largely ignored Too much to do Approached by others to team up Declined What part of too much to do… Counter Offered …and then… A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Launch pad

  4. Three Teams Team Phoenicia Now Under Contract with Three Teams • Mystery Team • First team • Not unknown to previous challenges • Anon still, alas. • Vog Rockets • http://vogrockets.org • Seraphim Aerospace • Experience with previous challenges • http:// • Potentially More • Negotiations started with another • Capacity to work with up to 7 more

  5. Three Phases • Nanosat Launcher Challenge Huge Effort • Has a huge learning curve • Can be tackled in phases • Contract In Phases • Control (single rocket) • Zephyr Aurora • Speed and Altitude (single rocket) • Zephyr Theone • Money Shot (two rockets of the same design) • Zephyr Morpheus • Zephyr Orestes • Each Contract Worth $1.2 million if fully exercised

  6. Three Reasons • Favourable Pricing • low cost of manufacture • 5 to 10% of cost for equivalents from other NewSpace entities • Favourable Early Adopter Policy • Opposite from Norm • Earlier Means Cheaper • New technologies • Cryocarbtm • New carbon composite • Cryogenic compatible • Corrosive compatible • LOX • HTP • 1/7th the weight of Aluminum for the same strength • New rocket engine under development • Used in the Zephyr Theone (as option) • Test Fires expected by march • Bundled Techshop Sponsorship for teams

  7. Height: 84 inches Foot Print: 32 inches Dry Mass: 42 kg GLOW: 140 kg Propellants: RP-1 & LOX Engine Thrust: 550 lbs-f Pressure Fed Construction Materials: Al, SS & graphite Phase One: Zephyr Aurora

  8. Phase One: Zephyr Aurora

  9. Height: 18 ft Foot Print: 7 ft Dry Mass: 315 kg GLOW: 3315 kg Propellants: RP-1 & LOX Engine Thrust: 13,000 lbs-f Construction Materials: SS, graphite & CryoCarbtm Phase Two: Zephyr Theone

  10. Contract Limitations • Must submit test program to Team Phoenicia • ground and tethered tests prior to free flight attempts • Must demonstrate Lunar Lander Challenge Level One capability • Fly up to 50m, Hover, Fly laterally 50m, Hover, and Land during 90s • Return flight necessary • prior to… • Velocities greater than 10 m/s • Placing an aeroshell on the rocket • Must have liability insurance prior to testing • United Risk Solutions: http://www.unitedrisk.com

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