ASTROPORT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES
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
Founder and CEO
Emilio De La Guardia
GM Astroport Europe
Vacant
GM Astroport Australia
Ron Wells
Chief Technology Officer
James Johnson
Adv. Eng. Projects
Don Hooper, PhD
Lunar Geology
Rey Trevino
Program Mgmt.
Natasha Heidenrich
Strategy
Louise Cantwell
Government Liaison
Bob Doyle
Master Ceramicist
Ken Kinsey
Senior Designer
Milton Cordova
Mechanical Engineer
Arjun Palat
Electrical Engineer
Kathryn Bolish
Mathematician
Advisory Board
Oscar Garcia
Air and Space Transportation Executive
John Hines
Fmr. NASA Chief Technologist
David Orner
Partner GlobalView Capital
Rob Kelso
Fmr. NASA Flight Mission Director
John Kucewicz
Geologist/Oil & Gas
Chris Packham, PhD
Astrophysicist, UTSA
Donna Potter
Space Technology Dev Exec.
Matt Redling
Business Dev Exec.
Larry Toups
Fmr. NASA Space Architect
Contact
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
