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NewSpace Company
Looks to Capitalize on 4 Frontiers.
The 4Frontiers
Corporation is a space
commerce company that aims to utilize the economic potential of current
and upcoming space frontiers -- Earth Orbit, the Moon, Mars and Asteroids
-- to establish an economically viable settlement on Mars. Founded
in 2005 by CEO Mark Homnick and VP of Operations Joseph Palaia, the
company currently maintains offices
in New Port Richey FL and Boston MA. "Its five-year business
plan concentrates on establishing a firm foundation in both core
technology and early revenue from which it will enter into space
during the next decade," according to the company's mission statement.
To this end, current focuses of 4Frontiers include space settlements,
space law, technology development, Earth-based informative
entertainment and in situ resource extraction and utilization. The
company is engaged in strategic partnerships involving low-Earth
orbital and lunar programs with NASA, the Vision for Space Exploration,
European and other space programs, and privately funded programs.
4Frontiers is currently co-administering with the Florida Space Research
Institute the US$250,000 NASA Centennial Challenges-funded MoonROx
Lunar Regolith Oxygen Extraction Challenge. The first-to-demonstrate
competition will award the money to the first company to extract
2.5 kg of oxygen from a lunar regolith simulant (JSC-1a) in a four-hour
period. 4Frontiers will have a presence at the following upcoming
events: AIAA 'Space
2006' on 19-21 September in San Jose CA; the SGAC 'Space
Generation Congress' on 28-30 September in Valencia, Spain; and
the IAF '57th
International Astronautical Congress' on 2-6 October, also in
Valencia.
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