Category Archives: Golden Spike Company

Thursday / 10 July 2014

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Golden Spike Company & Honeybee Robotics Complete Moon Rover Study

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Golden Spike Company Continues To Advance Plans For Commercial Human Moon Missions With Honeybee Robotics Design Study; Builds On Mission Concept To Precede Human Mission With Robotic Lander Which Could Collect Several Kg Of Rock & Regolith From A 10-100km Range; Human Mission Would Retrieve Samples & Return Them To Earth, Enhancing Scientific Value Of Mission; Honeybee-Designed Rover Weighs 77kg, Includes Stereo Camera, Capacity To Accommodate Additional Payloads Such As Honeybee NanoDrill

Image Credit: Golden Spike Company, Honeybee Robotics

Weekend Edition
Fri-Mon / 27-30 June 2014

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Moon Takes Center Stage At NewSpace 2014

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Space Frontier Foundation Returns Moon Exploration To High Level Of Prominence At NewSpace 2014 Conference, 24-26 July In Silicon Valley CA; Premier Commercial Space Event Of The Year Will Include Feature Presentations By Bob Richards & Andy Aldrin Of Moon Express, Art Dula of Excalibur Almaz, And Alan Stern Of Golden Spike Company; Agenda Includes Panels On Commercial Development As A Catalyst For Lunar Exploration, And Lunar / Space Property Rights

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Thursday / 17 April 2014

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50-Year Anniversary Of Apollo 11 Merits Advanced Planning

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Start Planning Now For 50th Observation Of Moon Landing Says Peter Swan Of International Space Elevator Consortium; Celebrations & Memorials Should Be Well Funded & Organized, Yet Truly Honoring The Memory Of This Historic Event Will Require Concerted Effort / Consistent Investment To Return Humans To Moon For Good, Ensuring Multi World Species Status; NASA Planning Crewed Flight To Lunar Orbit ~2019, Golden Spike Company Advancing ~2020 Human Moon Missions

Image Credit: NASA, Golden Spike Company, ISEC

Friday / 24 January 2014

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Golden Spike & Draper Lab Evaluate
Moon Landing Sites

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Draper To Examine GSC Lunar Lander Concepts / Enhancements, Landing Sites, And Recommend Guidance System Architecture; Study Lead John West Notes Draper Has Provided GNC & Flight Computers For All Crewed Lunar Landings; Moon South Pole Near-Eternal Peaks Of Illumination With Temperature Constant -50° ± 10°C Should Be Considered For Simplifying Thermal Design / Reducing Energy Required, Gathering Unique Science & Volatile Data; Ben Bussey Study Shows Peak Near Shackleton Crater Would Be Illuminated 86% Over Lunar Year In 2020

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Weekend Edition / Fri-Mon 25-28 Oct 2013

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Golden Spike Company Moon Mission Science Concepts Advancing

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Golden Spike Company Discussing Advanced Mission Concepts Including Landing Sites Of Interest (South Pole Moon) & Sample Return Missions After Integrating Input Gathered At Recent Workshop With International Lunar Scientists; Robotic-Human Missions Would Involve A Nation Sending Own Rover & GSC Astronauts Retrieving / Returning Rover Samples; GSC Will Host Another Forum In March 2014

Image Credit: NASA, GSC

Friday / 18 October 2013

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Stanford On The Moon:
Human Moon Missions

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SOM 2013 Reunion Conference: Human Moon Missions – A Center For 21st Century Leadership, Friday 18 Oct; Talks Given By Visionary Entrepreneurs Advancing Cislunar Travel & Commerce, Moon South Pole As Destination Of Importance / Discovery; (L To R) SOM Alumni Club & ILOA Steve Durst, Golden Spike Co Alan Stern, Moon Express Adrian Adamson, Shackleton Energy Co Jim Keravala, Interorbital Systems Randa Milliron; Over 100 Stanford Alumni To Participate

Image Credit: SOM, ILOA, GSC, Shackleton, NASA

Tuesday / 8 October 2013

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GSC Workshop Outlines Viability / Importance Of Human Moon Missions

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Gerry Griffin Of Golden Spike Company Says Emerging Entrepreneurial Commercial Sector Can Fill Gap Left By Governments Unwilling To Fund US$100-$500B Space Programs; Group Of 30 Distinguished Scientists, Engineers Note Vital Role Of Humans In Lunar Exploration: Can Deploy More Equipment / Return More Lunar Material Than Robots, Learn To Live Off In Situ Resources In Space, Provide Hope & Inspiration To Youth

Image Credit: Golden Spike Company

Friday / 4 October 2013

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GSC: Enabled Opportunities & Robotic Mission Synergies

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Golden Spike Company Lunar Workshop 2nd Day Includes Talks (L – R) On Lunar Exploration Orbiter To Study Environment & Mobile Payload Element To Assist Lander Missions (Ralf Jaumann), Lunar Lander Capabilities (Diego De Rosa), Multi-Mission Space Exploration Vehicle (Steven Chappell), Modular Heat Flow Probes To Understand Moon Interior, Origin & Structure (Seiichi Nagihara), Lunar Drills (Kris Zacny), Next Steps (Alan Stern)

Image Credit: GSC, TTU, DLR, ESA

Thursday / 3 October 2013

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Golden Spike Co Presents Its Human Lunar Mission Capabilities / Opportunities

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3-4 Oct Golden Spike Company Workshop At LPI In Houston TX To Provide Overview Of Plans / Projected Capabilities For Human Lunar Missions, Seek Input Re: Science / Exploration Priorities, Desired Future Capabilities For More Advanced Missions – South Pole Destination, Long-Duration Missions; Day 1: Clive Neal (L) Explains Rationale For Human Lunar Missions, Alan Stern (R) Overviews Golden Spike Missions, Landing Site Priorities, Panel Discussion

Image Credit: GSC, LPI

Weekend Edition / Fri-Mon 20-23 Sep 2013

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Lunar Ambitions & Opportunities For Emerging Space-Faring Nations

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Indigenous Ingenuity, International Collaboration & Commercial Enterprise Opening Space / Lunar Exploration To Rising Space Powers; South Korea Working On 2020 Lunar Orbiter, 2025 Rover, In Talks With NASA About Lunar Missions; China Offering To Train / Provide Trips To Foreign Astronauts, Pakistan Hopes To Be 1st In Line; ILOA, Golden Spike Co Could Provide Affordable Human Lunar Access To Countries Such As Brazil & Malaysia; Galaxy Forum China 2013 – Beijing, 22 Sep: Human Moon Missions

Image Credit: KARI, GSC, ILOA, AEB, Angkasa