The cratered far side of the Moon, assembled from NASA Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter data.

+ FIRST DESTINATION

THEMOONIS FIRST.

Survey the ground. Recover what is useful.
Build the energy layer that keeps work alive.

ENTER THE ARCHITECTURE
38.4° N · 81.6° W WEST VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES TARGET FOUNDING / 2030
Moon imagery: NASA GSFC / LRO ↗
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LUNAR GROUND / THE FIRST SYSTEM

384,400 KM FROM EARTH

NEAREST.
REACHABLE.
RESOURCE-RICH.

FIRST
GROUND.

The Moon is where STARXIS begins: a finite place to learn how industrial systems survive beyond Earth.

CONCEPT PHASENO FIELDED HARDWARE
03

EXTRACT / MATERIAL CHAIN

REGOLITH · ICE · VOLATILES
INPUT

MATTER
BECOMES
CAPABILITY.

01SURVEYLocate and characterize
02RECOVERExcavate and separate
03PROCESSRefine useful matter
04SUPPLYFeed local systems
04

POWER / CONTINUOUS OPERATIONS

GENERATION · STORAGE · DISTRIBUTION

THE SITE HAS NO GRID.
SO THE GRID MUST ARRIVE FIRST.

BASELOADIN THEDARK.

ENERGYSTORAGEDISTRIBUTIONRESILIENCE
05

HORIZON / AFTER INDUSTRY

CENTURY-SCALE RESEARCH

THE LONGEST PROGRAM

WORLDS
CHANGE
SLOWLY.

Terraforming begins only after the science, energy, material, and stewardship questions can be answered.

06

STATUS / PRE-FOUNDING

WEST VIRGINIA · 2030

PLANNED ARCHITECTURE.
NO FIELDED HARDWARE.

NOT AN
OFFER.

CONCEPT / RESEARCH · TARGET FOUNDING 2030