Blair DeWitt - Lunar Station: The Ex Terra Podcast

As recovery and use of the Moon’s resources comes closer to reality, companies with plans to go to the Moon need lunar environmental intelligence. Enter Lunar Station Corporation.

On this edition of The Ex Terra Podcast is Blair DeWitt, CEO of Lunar Station. Blair is part of a growing group of ‘Astropreneurs’ who are experienced entrepreneurs creating new opportunities for commercial space-based operations. Lunar Station Corp (LSC) is positioned to be integral to the Lunar economy. Their space analytics and communications infrastructure will deliver new insights and learnings vital to the continued success of our customer’s Lunar strategies. The 2016 MIT Sloan School of Management Graduate and software engineer founded the company to provide lunar environmental intelligence. Their flagship product, called MoonHacker, is an analytical engine that uses data provided by NASA and other sources to help companies make decisions about their Moon missions.

What kind of decisions? Everything from landing zones to the location of minerals and other resources will be utilized in a variety of ways. Communications with Earth, length of sunlight and details on terrain are other data points available to Lunar Station clients. According to the company,

MoonHacker provides complete orbital and surface intelligence addressing multiple challenges to help clients improve their navigation and decision making while they focus on building their lunar landers and rovers.

MoonHacker’s reports detail all the important aspects of the environment including

Area Details
Altitude and Slope analysis
Landing Zone determinations
Weather and Mineralogy
Custom reports are also available
How does what happen in space affect your everyday life? The Ex Terra podcast is dedicated to introducing you to many of the interesting people involved in the commercial space industry, and taking you behind the scenes with many of the companies making significant contributions to the new space economy. The podcast is available on Anchor, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Breaker, Overcast, Pocketcasts and Radio Public.