On this week's episode Matthew Onassis and Luca De Caneva, co-founders of NAVXCOM, join us to discuss their company's mission to develop a Lunar Positioning System (LPS) for autonomous navigation and communication on the moon.

Matt & Luca share their STEM origin story which includes meeting at NASA identifying a gap in lunar infrastructure. NAVXCOM won a contract with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center to establish the first proof of concept by the end of the year.

The NAVXCOM team aims to support autonomous lunar operations, including rover deployment and habitat preparation. Leaning into AI & collaboration in the space industry, NAVXCOM has big plans for dual-use technologies for Earth and Space Applications!

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Topics: ai, nasa, companies, space, system, rovers, idea, lunar, proposal, talk, started, today, industry, terms, develop, people, satellites, moon, working, operations, navxcom

Sources:

https://www.navxcom.com/

Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction to Today In Space Podcast, we NEED Lunar Infrastruture! 03:15 Matthew Onassis & Luca De Caneva / NAVXCOM Co-Founders 04:41 What is NAVXCOM and Its Mission? 05:37 NASA Internship Experience 12:27 Transition from NASA to NAVXCOM 17:37 Challenges and Opportunities in the Space Industry 19:12 Lunar Positioning System (LPS), Autonomous Deployment and Scalability 45:24 AI and Cybersecurity in Space Technology 58:49 Future of NAVXCOM and Space Industry 01:11:03 Closing Remarks and Encouragement

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