Asteroid Mining Corporation Ltd
Andrey Lopantsev is the Chief Strategy Officer at Asteroid Mining Corporation Ltd, focusing on the development of next-generation legged robotics for space exploration and industrial applications since August 2019. As the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of GrowYourOwn Ltd, Andrey is pioneering modular, scalable vertical mushroom farming solutions designed for urban settings. Andrey held the position of Commercialisation Lead for the NEOMIR mission at the European Space Agency from January to October 2023, where commercial strategies were developed in collaboration with Thales Alenia Space. Previously, Andrey led the Lunar Commerce Portfolio at the Moon Village Association and was a founder in the Accelerate ME programme at the University of Manchester. Andrey's background includes involvement with Manchester Students for the Exploration and Development of Space and experience as a Street Team Manager at The Warehouse Project. Andrey completed a BEng in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Manchester.
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Asteroid Mining Corporation Ltd
AMC, founded in 2016, is the UK's first space mining enterprise, an aerospace company on a mission to exploit the potential of an off-Earth commercial market. Currently focussed on the prospecting and exploration stages, it ultimately aims to extract, process and utilise the materials embedded within some of the millions of Near Earth and MainBelt Asteroids.We are first and foremost a business. We aim to extract resources from asteroids to boost the Earth's economy and kick start the Space Based Economy as the vast values of some asteroids can be valued in trillions, with the largest asteroids being worth quintillions, while even small asteroids can be hugely valuable. This money will be spent in building ever growing amounts of space infrastructure so that we can eventually allow all humans who desire it to live and work in Space.Our team is currently working in partnership with the Space Robotics Lab at Tohoku University, Japan, developing SCAR-E. These low-cost, ruggedised, walking and climbing robots will be capable of undertaking asteroid, planetary and lunar exploration, alongside mining operations. Designed to withstand exposure to radiation, high accelerations experienced during space launch, and extreme temperatures, SCAR-E will be capable of in-orbit asset maintenance such as spacewalking and extravehicular activity. These unique features will also enable them to function in hostile environments here on Earth, primarily in the fields of nuclear decommissioning, critical infrastructure inspection, mine clearance, and search & rescue operations.