ASTROPORT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES

Astroport is Headed to the Moon

Check back soon for more details including how you can help shape the future of space exploration and establish a legacy on the Moon with an engraved regolith simulant brick, delivered to the lunar surface as part of Astroport’s payload.

ASTROPORT BUILDS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE MOON

Dust-Free Zones for Operation

Roads for Enhanced Surface Mobility

Landing Pads for Safe Landing

WHAT WE DO

Space
Materials

Space
Construction

Lunar Landing Port Operations

Astroport Space Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2020 as a technology venture arm and a subsidiary of Exploration Architecture Corporation. Astroport is developing patent-pending regolith solidification technologies for lunar infrastructure construction using 3D printing and autonomous robotics, with an initial focus on lunar landing pad emplacements.

HOW WE DO IT

Regolith Building Materials

Construction Materials

  • Bricks
  • Rebar
  • Fibers
  • Geotextiles/Construction Mesh
  • Glass

Regolith Refining Technologies

Minerals & Volatiles

  • Metals: Fe, Al, Ti, Mg
  • Minerals: Si, Ca
  • Trapped Gases (Oxygen, Helium-3)
  • Water

3D Printing and Placement

Lunatron™ Print System

  • TRL 4 – Concept
  • TRL 5 – Prototype
  • TRL 6 – Ground Test Unit Brickbot
  • TRL 7 – Flight Demo Unit Brickbot
  • TRL 9 – Operational Lunatron™

Geotechnical Site Preparation

Civil Engineering Process

  • Lunar Terrain Testbed
  • Interchangeable Tractor Tools
    • Sieving
    • Excavation
    • Grading
    • Compaction

WHO WE ARE

Sam Ximenes

Sam Ximenes

Founder and CEO

Emilio De La Guardia

Emilio De La Guardia

GM Astroport Europe

Vacant

Vacant

GM Astroport Australia

Ron Wells

Ron Wells

Chief Technology Officer

James Johnson

James Johnson

Adv. Eng. Projects

Don Hooper, PhD

Don Hooper, PhD

Lunar Geology

Rey Trevino

Rey Trevino

Program Mgmt.

Louise Cantwell

Louise Cantwell

Government Liaison

Natasha Heidenrich

Natasha Heidenrich

Strategy

Bob Doyal

Bob Doyal

Master Ceramicist

Ken Kinsey

Ken Kinsey

Senior Designer

Milton Cordova

Milton Cordova

Mechanical Engineer

Kathryn Bolish

Kathryn Bolish

Mathematician

Advisory Board

Oscar Garcia

Oscar Garcia

Air and Space Transportation Executive

John Hines

John Hines

Fmr. NASA Chief Technologist

David Orner

David Orner

Partner GlobalView Capital

Rob Kelso

Rob Kelso

Fmr. NASA Flight Mission Director

John Kucewicz

John Kucewicz

Geologist/Oil & Gas

Chris Packham, PhD

Chris Packham, PhD

Astrophysicist, UTSA

Donna Potter

Donna Potter

Space Technology Dev Exec.

Matt Redling

Matt Redling

Business Dev Exec.

Larry Toups

Larry Toups

Fmr. NASA Space Architect

Contact

info@astroportspace.com

Headquarters

Astroport Space Technologies Inc
110 E. Houston Street, 7th Floor
San Antonio, TX 78205 USA

Astroport Europe

Astroport Space Technologies S.à r.l.
16, Rue de Nassau
L- 2213 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Astroport Australia

Astroport Space Technologies, Pty. Ltd.
Level 4 29 King William Street, Adelaide SA 5000