About EOSystems

Extraordinary Orbital Systems derives its name from Eos, the Titanic goddess of Dawn. EOSystems is a private company on the verge of making economic, social, and political breakthroughs in space exploration.

The Journey Begins with EOSystems...

In the very near future, people around the world will be able to look through a telescope and will see evidence of human and robotic exploration on the Moon. As history would have it, President Bush directed NASA to send humans to the lunar surface and to get ready for a trip to Mars.

While humans and robots work together, EOSystems will continue to lay the foundation for private and government interaction that will stimulate worldwide innovations and thus, economies. One thing is definite, EOSystems will lead the endeavor into this Presidential challenge and the subsequent benefits to humankind will be immense.

EOSystems is on the verge of the first phase of civilian space exploration, starting with the Moon. Take the journey with us by exploring this website further…

Verge Mission

Verge is the name of the premier lunar mission operation developed exclusively by EOSystems. This designed prototype will transport a lander and rover capsule to the Moon on a series of missions to lead the way in planned space exploration.

During its journey to the Moon, the Verge lunar capsule will provide video of the entire transit, pictures of celestial bodies in space, and detailed imagery-and-video of manmade artifacts (USA flag, erectable S-band antenna, television camera, commemorative Apollo 11 plaque).

The main goal of this initial mission is to acquire high-quality, high-definition, and panoramic color video returned to the Earth, which is suitable for movies, television, posters, and many other kinds of media. When combined with the rover, motion-history can be used to generate highly realistic telepresence experiences. Verge will also deliver a time capsule containing soft data from Earth, such as personal messages, images, and pictures. Verge is the paradigm concept of reduced mass, and reasonable loss of capability, to accomplish both the acquisition and delivery sub-missions.

During the mission, video will be recorded as the capsule reaches the lunar surface and it will provide EOSystems with content vital to future exploratory endeavors, as well as educational and entertainment uses. During this mission, the rover will perform a 2km traversal on the moon, visiting historic landing sites, and involve audience participation through telepresence and high-quality images and video returned.

Long Term Vision

Another goal of the mission is to demonstrate the feasibility of low-cost unmanned missions, increase awareness about robotics, planetary exploration, and stellar habitat-building among mass audiences.

By eventually putting a satellite into lunar orbit for a 10+ year period, more cost-efficient landers and rovers will be designed that do not require all the components that are necessary now.

For more information regarding the importance of further space exploration, please visit the following links:

• Constellation Program Animation
• Lunar Surface Animation

Why the Moon?

The Apollo 11 astronauts’ steps on the Moon, on July 20, 1969, substantiated many hopes and dreams. Furthermore, much was learned from the six total missions that landed men on the Moon.

However, Earth’s natural satellite has not been actively transcribed to the history books since then. Opinions about why we should return to the Moon vary among the masses. This includes scientists, engineers, space advocates, and the general public.

Pondering this and many other questions, NASA worked with thirteen of the world’s space agencies to develop a Global Exploration Strategy. Questions such as why we should explore space, how space exploration would benefit Earth, and primarily how the Moon will play a role in Earth’s exploration of space were addressed.

Six lunar exploration themes derived from this Global Exploration Strategy define the value, to Earth, of continuing exploration of space through the Moon. These include:

1. Human civilization: for eventual human settlement. Lunar Outpost Video
2. Science: to address questions about the history of the Earth, the solar system, and the universe
3. Exploration preparation: to test technologies, flight operations, exploration techniques, and enable more cost-efficient means of arriving at the Moon
4. Global partnerships: to provide a challenging, shared, and peaceful journey that unites nations
5. Economic expansion: to expand Earth’s economic potentials with benefits to life on Earth
6. Public engagement: to engage the public, attain a renewed sense of passion among children and adults to address the challenges of tomorrow

One issue many experts agree on is these items will not be possible without the private industry. EOSystems has considered the potential for space exploration for several decades and has well-detailed plans on how to effectively do so.

Robotic Missions

Early successful robotic lunar missions, such as Pioneer, Ranger, Luna, and Surveyor added to our knowledge of the Moon. These missions also prepared the private sector for future solar system exploration and Earth applications.

For more information regarding missions that utilized state-of-the-art robotic technologies

• NASA’s Constellation Program: Robotic Spacecraft
• ESA: Future uses of SMART-1

The Future…

The future holds ambitious goals to terraform the Moon and build a moonbase that can be used in transit to further solar objects.

ESA: Future of Lunar Exploration