Supplying lunar water around the solar system to reduce the cost of space exploration.
Overview
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Founder(s) | Zac Trolley |
| Ownership | Private |
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Description
Lunar Water Supply Company is a Calgary based company attempting to autonomously extract, filter and transport water from the moon to customers. Their aims include mining water on the moon in order to make it habitable.
According to the company's analysis, the cost of a cubic meter of water in Saskatoon is \(1.60, on the ISS is\)4M, to launch a litre of water into LEO is \(4,000, and on the surface of the moon is\)1.5B! By mining it in situ, they propose to bring the cost down significantly and support space exploration.
Recent News & Updates
May 21, 2022
The company is pretty quiet about its current activities, but the underlying technology and understanding continues to grow…
Technology is growing to develop water resources on the Moon! https://t.co/xRjbFwH3vj
— Lunar Water Supply Company (@LunarH2OSupply) May 21, 2022
October 27, 2020
The company announces their launch with a simple tweet.
We are building a supply chain to provide a clean and reliable source of water on the Moon, for use in off-earth applications.
— Lunar Water Supply Company (@LunarH2OSupply) October 27, 2020
The extraction, purification, and storage of water on the Moon is our business pic.twitter.com/N6SzARugCj
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