The Moon Race
The Moon Race
Conquer the moon!
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WHAT IS THE MOON RACE?
50 years ago, humankind set foot on the Moon. Today, the world is planning to return…for good.
The Moon Race competition is a global initiative founded by Airbus and international partners, aiming to boost the movement around Moon exploration and enable the demonstration of key technologies required for its sustainable exploration.
The Moon Race targets startups and SME’s worldwide and has the ambition to bring the winning teams to the lunar surface and provide solutions for the uprising lunar economy.
The competition is managed by “The Moon Race NPO gGmbH”, a not-for-profit organization based in Germany, whose goals are to manage The Moon Race competition and bring together the international space - and non-space - communities into one coordinated international initiative.
PARALLEL TECHNOLOGY STREAMS
Selected participants will be guided and evaluated during the 5-year journey through milestones with increasing complexity.
Teams will have the choice to apply for parallel technology streams, each one of them dedicated to a particular sustainable exploration challenge.
WHAT WILL BE THE MAIN EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THE MOONRACE?
Performance
How well does your solution perform?
Scalability
How scalable is your solution?
Innovativeness
Is your solution disruptive?
Outreach
How well are you engaging and reaching out to public?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
Support and guidance from The Moon Race
Monetary awards
Privileged position to shape the lunar economy
Access to experimental facilities
International exposure
HOW IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN?
The application period will open early 2019.
Selected participants will be announced at the International Astronautical Congress 2019, at which point the competition will officially start.
Details on monetary prizes will be announced with the opening of the applications period.
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The Moon Race NPO gGmbH, Willy-Messerschmitt-Strasse 1,82024 Taufkirchen, Germany.
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