For more info on the 2nd Off Earth Mining Forum see http://www.acser.unsw.edu.au/oemf2015 In 1995, LtCol Dale Tietz and Dr. Bill Stone reviewed the data from the Clementine satellite mission for the first time together. Tietz, who had directed space-based portions of the Pentagon's Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program, pointed out the strong possibility that constituents of water were detected by bistatic radar returns at the South Pole of the Moon––specifically at Shackleton crater. NASA and SDI scientists were ecstatic! In the Clementine and Lunar Prospector data Stone realized––that with unlimited quantities of lunar ice in the deep, cold trap craters––the opportunity to generate large quantities of rocket propellants at Shackleton and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to refuel vehicles in cis-lunar space. The real moneymaker was to ship raw water to LEO for processing into liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen propellants to then sell at significantly reduced prices than anything available on Earth--on demand--to all space farers. The advent, beginning in the fall of 2004, of a viable and burgeoning space tourism industry bent on delivering paying passengers to eventual hotels in LEO and beyond, convinced the team that it was finally time to go public with the concept. In March of 2007, Stone discussed the topic at the TED conference in Monterey, California along side Richard Branson. In 2008 Shackleton Energy Company was founded with Jim Keravala who expanded the project into a full space infrastructure program. The SEC Business Plan is complete and we are now in discussions with investors throughout the world. --- Jim comes to SEC with an exemplary 25 year background in space development and operations. Instrumental in the launch of over a dozen satellites, he was also involved in the establishment of new space programs for emerging space nations. Jim combines systems engineering and entrepreneurial drive to build long term infrastructure vision based upon near term capital requirements in his role as architect of SEC's program. Jim also leads SEC's Middle Eastern, European and Russian operations teams.

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