Company:Synergy Moon
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| Type | Google Lunar X Prize entrant |
|---|---|
| Industry | Lunar exploration |
| Headquarters | International |
Key people | Kevin Myrick / Nebojša Stanojević |
| Website | www |
Synergy Moon was one of five finalist teams, out of an original 33 entrants,[1] competing for the Google Lunar X Prize —a challenge to land the first privately funded rover on the Moon.[2]
Competition guidelines required the rover to travel 500 metres and transmit images, video, data, an sms and an email back to Earth.[3] With working groups on in over 15 countries and on 6 continents, Team Synergy Moon promotes international cooperation in space exploration and development.[4][5]
Teams had until 31 March 2018 to launch their missions.[6] On 23 January 2018, the X Prize Foundation announced that "no team would be able to make a launch attempt to reach the Moon by the [31 March 2018] deadline... and the US$30 million Google Lunar XPrize will go unclaimed. Synergy Moon reported in February 2018 that they are negotiating with TeamIndus to possibly launch their landers together, aiming for a launch in 2019.
History
Team Synergy Moon was formed in 2010 when Kevin Myrick,[7] founder and CEO of InterPlanetary Ventures, and Nebojša Stanojević,[8] founder of The Human Synergy Moon Project, decided to merge their ventures and partner with Interorbital Systems [9] to create a single entrant for the Google Lunar X Prize, and filed proof of its launch agreement on August 30, 2016.[10]
In December 2016 Google Lunar X Prize entrants Team Stellar (Croatia / Australia), Team Omega Envoy (USA), Team Space META (Brasil) and Team Independence-X (Malaysia) partnered with Team Synergy Moon[11] to become Synergy Space Explorers.[12]
The team planned to use an Interorbital Systems Neptune N-8 LUNA launch vehicle [13][14] to deploy its Tesla Surveyor rover on the surface of the Moon during the second half of 2017. The launch was planned from an open-ocean location off the California coast.[15] but it did not happen.
On 23 January 2018, the X Prize Foundation announced that "no team would be able to make a launch attempt to reach the Moon by the [31 March 2018] deadline... and the US$30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE will go unclaimed."[16][17]
Status
On 7 February 2018, Synergy Moon reported that they are negotiating with TeamIndus to launch their rovers together, aiming for a launch at the end of 2018 or early in 2019.[18]
References
- ↑ Reuters.com, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ Popular Science, retrieved 17 Feb 2017
- ↑ Lunar XPRIZE Guidelines, retrieved 19 Feb 2017
- ↑ Google Lunar X Prize website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ New Space People Interview, retrieved 6 March 2017
- ↑ Wall, Mike (Aug 16, 2017). "Deadline for Google Lunar X Prize Moon Race Extended Through March 2018". space.com. https://www.space.com/37813-google-lunar-x-prize-deadline-extended-march-2018.html. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
- ↑ Synergy Moon website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ Synergy Moon website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ X-Prize website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ X-Prize website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ Google Lunar X Prize website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ Team Synergy Moon website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ Interorbital Systems website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ Interorbital Systems website , retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ Lunar X-Prize website, retrieved 9 Feb 2017
- ↑ https://www.space.com/39467-google-lunar-xprize-moon-race-ends.html
- ↑ https://lunar.xprize.org/news/blog/important-update-google-lunar-xprize
- ↑ Moonshot - Synergy Moon. Accessed 15 March 2018.
External links
- Team Synergy Moon website
- InterPlanetary Ventures website
- Interorbital Systems website
- Team Stellar website
- Team Omega Envoy website
- Team Space META website
- Team Independence-X website
- Google Lunar X Prize website
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