The ILO Mission

"The Primary Goal of the ILO Mission is to Expand Human Understanding of the Cosmos Through Observation from Our Moon."

 

 

 

The ILOA - Odyssey Moon Ltd announcement of July 20, 2008 in Mountain View, California, regarding the ILO-1 Polar / OM-2 mission, ILO-X Precursor / OM-1 mission; the ILOA Board of Directors meeting 23-25 July in Vancouver, Canada, with major participation from India, China and Europe; and the ILOA meetings projected for 2010 in Hawaii, China, California and Prague (IAC) to advance the ILOA Membership campaign -- all point to robust development of the Hawaii USA-based ILOA, and its three Moon missions.

ILOA's ILO-1 Polar Mission, designed since 2003 by SpaceDev Inc of USA, with contuning studies by MDA of Canada, will establish permanent astrophysical observation and lunar commercial communications systems in the Moon's mountainous South Pole region aboard Odyssey Moon's "MoonTwo" lander early next decade.

ILOA's ILO-X Precursor Mission, being designed by Moon Express of Canada, will utilize a small, dual function instrument to demonstrate astronomical and other observation and communication techniques aboard the Moon Express lander, planned for 2013 / 2014 and destined for the lunar equator in pursuit of the Google Lunar X Prize.

ILOA's Human Service Mission, with studies completed in 2005 and 2006 by SpaceDev and advanced by Benson Space Company in 2007, is being planned as part of an independent-national-international science and commerce collaboration to service and support the ILO/s and parellel robotic village facilities, by 2015, and the emerging lunar base settlements.

The ILOA is an interglobal enterprise incorporated in Hawaii as a 501(c)(3) non-profit to help realize the multifunctional ILO -- to advance human knowledge of the Cosmos through observation from our Moon, and to participate in lunar base build-out. The ILOA also since 2008 has co-sponsored with its Space Age Publishing Company affiliate an international series of Galaxy Forums and a Lunar Commercial Communications Workshop.

Click here to find more information about the ILO, ILOA, and Lunar Commercial Communications Workshops at Space Age Publishing Company's website.