4Frontiers Corporation - Company Information

4Frontiers Corporation, founded in 2005 and incorporated in the state of Florida, is an emerging space commerce company focused on the settlement of Mars. It recognizes the economic potential resulting from convergence of four current and upcoming space frontiers- Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and Asteroids. The company’s development activities include technologies required for orbital tourism, long-duration human habitation in space and extra-terrestrial resource recovery. Its earth-based informative entertainment segment engages and educates the public while communicating the company’s progress.

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Mission

4Frontiers intends to become the premier Mars technology company and ultimately establish the first permanent, economically viable, and self-sustaining settlement on Mars derived from a majority of local materials. The company will strive to develop key technologies, establish supporting business relationships, change public perception of space settlements, and participate in the emerging four-frontier economy through discrete, achievable steps. Its five-year business plan concentrates on establishing a firm foundation in both core technology and early revenue from which it will enter into space during the next decade.

The company’s business plan includes three business segments; Research and Product Development, Consultancy, and Informative Entertainment. This structure reduces revenue risk from individual market segment fluctuation and allows synergy between sectors. Long term development of the Mars settlement and economic base, and its integration into the emerging four-frontier economy is part of our strategy. Ultimately, 4Frontiers envisions commercial and residential facilities on Mars and export of raw materials from the Mars system, which will serve to energize development in Earth orbit and on the Moon. 4Frontiers is dedicated to establishing long term strategic relationships with customers and businesses wishing to enter this new economy from the commercial and public sectors.

Technology Development

4Frontiers has attracted a distinguished staff ideally suited to the technology challenges of the new space frontier. This team comes from around the world and includes experts from MIT, Colorado School of Mines, University of Florida, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Stanford, NASA, and others. Our management team is also well seasoned with large-scale commercialization experience.

In March of 2005, an original Mars settlement technical team completed an 8-month technical pre-design study involving a global team of 21 experts who developed concepts for planet-based food, water, oxygen, housing, mining, refining and manufacturing systems. In addition to a list of innovative applications, the study generated an initial technology roadmap, which serves to focus and direct the course of 4Frontiers Mars settlement technology development. A paper describing architectural concepts of a first Mars settlement passed American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) peer review and was published in July 2005.

In October of 2006, a new Generation II program study team met in Atlanta, GA to kickoff the next formal round of Mars settlement design. The exciting Generation II effort is engaging 45 individuals in a broad range of technical discplines. The eight month project will further refine and expand upon concepts established in the initial study, bringing the level of detail and understanding related to an initial home for a dozen settlers to equipment layout design level. The Gen II study will also examine the broader issues related to a branch of human civilization on the red planet growing to more than 1000 people. The effort will expand and refine the corporate technology roadmap and is expected to generate a host of new technology innovations and other materials. 4Frontiers intends to use this influx of energy to stimulate related development in its other business segments.

4Frontiers will strive to establish and expand its Mars technology leadership position during the first five years by developing, patenting, and selectively licensing technologies having the best near-term profit potential and synergy with current Lunar and Earth orbital development.

Activities beyond 2010 may include robotic space surveys, sample return missions, and human missions that support settlement technology development, design, and construction. The research and development program will also expand into mining and export technologies related to Mars and its moons.

Informative Entertainment

A key aspect of 4Frontiers business strategy is to engage the public, sharing much of the vision, the new technologies, and innovations which it develops, and translating public fascination into revenue-based support of the company’s space development research and business operations. To accomplish this, the company is conducting a number of business activities in the informative entertainment business segment.

The corporate website has been completely revised, to provide the interested public with access to the company’s technical progress and its Mars experts. This newly expanded site includes periodic updates of company research and discoveries from its Mars settlement studies as well as in other business activities.
A new children’s website (www.Crazy4Mars.com) has been created. This site, which will be continuously expanded and enhanced with new features, provides a fun and interactive destination where children can learn about a family living in the first Mars settlement. The site features an exciting, real science based series of illustrated short stories which allow children to experience some of the excitement, hardship, and triumph of a family of settlers and their companions living in the Mars frontier.
An online store has been created and populated with both fun and educational products related to Mars and outer space. The store is available through both the corporate and children’s websites. 4Frontiers intends to expand upon and further develop current product lines on a continuing basis.

The 4Frontiers five-year plan includes construction of an initial Mars settlement replica to serve as a center for both informative entertainment and research and development activities. Predesign of the facility is planned to begin in the second half of 2007, with an initial target opening date in mid 2009.

The informative entertainment center serves four essential functions:

Provides an early, sustainable, high confidence revenue stream.
Grows the marketing base in all business segments by changing the public and commercial mindset regarding space settlements, while explaining the four-frontier economy.
Showcases 4Frontiers latest technical accomplishments and capability.
Provides a focus point for interactions between 4Frontiers and interested parties.

The research center will serve as 4Frontiers technical headquarters and include research labs and assembly and test areas for core technology roadmap related components.

Consultancy

4Frontiers expert staff, global perspective, and expanding strategic business relationships form the foundation of a consultancy business serving key manufacturers and government agencies. Initially, the company has identified and is pursuing technology overlaps with the US Vision for Space Exploration as an initial source of revenue in this segment.