Jim Keravala, COO and Co - Founder of Shackleton Energy Company at Strategy Summit 2015.
Shackleton Energy Company is on the path to lead a new industrial revolution. Much like the first oil companies some 150 years ago, Shackleton is prospecting and mining energy to create fuel, not for cars, but for spacecrafts. With a highly experienced team from NASA, The Pentagon and a wide range of space, finance and engineering companies, the company aims to develop fuel stations that will change how we do business in space and jump -start a multi-trillion dollar industry.
Jim Keravala
Co-founder, Chief Operating Officer Shackelton Energy
Board Member, Founder of multiple space & software-related companies
11. Shackleton
Energy
Company
11
Industrialization FrontierRenaissancesMigration
50000 BC – 5000 BC 2000 BC – 1500 AD 1700 AD – 1900 AD 1900 AD
The very presence of
physical, resource and
economic frontiers has
been fundamental to
human evolution
Civilization reached its
physical frontier over a
century ago and now
approaches its economic
and resource limits
18. Shackleton
Energy
Company
15TWe30TWe60TWe
6B
10B
12B
30B
equivalent
11B
15B
equivalent
8B
20502000 2100
15TWe30TWe60TWe
Population-Consumption
Equivalent Ref Year 2000
Production-Capacity
Equivalent Ref Year 2000
Not only mineral
reduction but also
increasing power
consumption
Decreasing reserves
of hydrocarbons will
lead to a critical
global energy cap
Space Based Solar
Power can provide
the world’s energy
by mid-century
UN, Dept of Economic and Social
Affairs, Population Division
Median/High Fertility (2011).
Innovative Energy Strategies for CO2
Stabilization, Robert G Watts (2002),
Mixed and carbon-based sources of
thermal and electric power in 2050
19. Shackleton
Energy
Company
The Earth sits in a
deep gravity-well
surrounded by a
thick atmosphere
Rockets have to
expend massive
energy to get to free
space
Launching solar
power or very large
satellites from Earth
is simply not feasible
Resulting in over
85% propellant
mass of a surface to
LEO launch vehicle
20. Shackleton
Energy
Company
Over 85% of all
mass going to LEO
is propellant and
associated structure
GTO 42%
Trans
Lunar 50%
Trans Mars
60%
GSO 61%
Lunar Land
75%
Propellant from LEO
to destinations also
takes up additional
mass Mars Land
85%
23. Shackleton
Energy
Company
Propellant
SBSP systems are
truly economical if
not launched from
Earth but built in-situ
Using Lunar
resources to provide
the mass of space
vehicle construction
Water
SEC resupplies their
propellant depots
with Lunar polar
water for operations
Space servicing and
construction vehicles
can supply SBSP
and other customers
Resources
Refueling spacecraft
in orbit dramatically
lowers the cost of
access to space
24. Shackleton
Energy
Company
Propellant
Using Lunar
resources to provide
the mass of space
vehicle construction
Water
SEC resupplies their
propellant depots
with Lunar polar
water for operations
Autonomous long
duration debris
mitigation vehicles
built in space
Resources
Providing a fleet of
genuine heavy duty
systems capable of
orbital maintenance
Avoiding the trillion
dollar economic
consequences of the
Kessler Syndrome
Refueling spacecraft
in orbit dramatically
lowers the cost of
access to space
25. Shackleton
Energy
Company
Propellant
Using Lunar
resources to provide
the mass of space
vehicle construction
Water
SEC resupplies their
propellant depots
with Lunar polar
water for operations
Autonomous long
duration planetary
protection vehicles
built in space
Resources
Providing a fleet of
genuine heavy duty
systems capable of
asteroid deflection
And ultimately
retrieval for
additional in-space
resource utilization
Refueling spacecraft
in orbit dramatically
lowers the cost of
access to space
29. Electronics
29
Science
Propulsion Materials Life SupportMedicine
Exploration Computers Aerodynamics
EnergyEcology Chemicals Comms Software
Technology
Development
Risk Reduction Foundation for Commercial Space Expansion
35. Settlements
Propellant Depot
Servicing Vehicle
Human Space
Transport
Outposts
In-Space Fuelling
& Servicing
Lunar Commerce
Human Science &
Exploration
Space Comms
Backbone
Space Debris
Removal
Mineral Mining
Space Supplies
Human Mars &
Asteroid Missions
Space Tourism
Surface
Habitation
Mining Rover
Tanker
Powersat
Processing
Refinery
37. 37
Investment Return!
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership
Investment Return
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership Experience Vision Commitment
Identification
Execution
Customers
Self Sustaining ProfitableCapEx Onramp
Robust Repeatable Scalable
Terrain Community Regulatory
Catalytic Risk Infrastructure Growth Economy
Primary Secondary Tertiary Profit
38. 38
Investment Return!
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership
Investment Return
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership Experience Vision Commitment
Identification
Execution
Customers
Self Sustaining ProfitableCapEx Onramp
Robust Repeatable Scalable
Terrain Community Regulatory
Catalytic Risk Infrastructure Growth Economy
Primary Secondary Tertiary Profit
Columbus
Reach the Orient
by Sailing West
A Decade
Fundraising
Trade Routes to
the Orient
Expeditionary
Armada
For European
Merchants
Second Armada
of 17 Ships
New Markets for
Trade & Growth
Crew, Provisions
for Three Ships
European ship
building
Multiple ships in
production
Fleet expansion
to new regions
Atlantic Ocean &
The Americas
European
Monarchies
Royal Court
Approval
Luis de Santangel Queen Isabella
Shipping Trade
Revenues
Economic
Expansion
Monetary Return
New Gold and
Resource Supply
Economic
Expansion
New Countries
39. Monetary Return
New Gold and
Resource Supply
Economic
Expansion
New Countries
Decade 1 Decade 2 Decade 3
$Millions$Billions$Billions+
40. 40
Investment Return!
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership
Investment Return
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership Experience Vision Commitment
Identification
Execution
Customers
Self Sustaining ProfitableCapEx Onramp
Robust Repeatable Scalable
Terrain Community Regulatory
Catalytic Risk Infrastructure Growth Economy
Primary Secondary Tertiary Profit
Vanderbilt
Integration of Rail
Transport
Relinquished
Steamboats
Expanding Rail
Transport Access
Aggressive Rail
Expansion
People & Goods
Coast to Coast
Increasing
Revenues
Interconnecting
New Regions
Steamboat
Revenues
Steam and
Rolling Stock
Taylor Production
Principles
Repeatable
Identical Units
Continental US
City to City
Strong Growth &
Competition
State & Federal
Legislation
Steamboat
Revenues
Rail Growth
Returns
Rail Acquisition &
Integration
New & Expanding
Towns & Cities
Monetary Return
New Land Grants
Leveraged Funds
Supplementary
Businesses
Net Worth Over
1% GDP Added
41. Monetary Return
New Land and
Leveraged Funds
Supplementary
Businesses
Net Worth Over
1% GDP Added
Decade 1 Decade 2 Decade 3
$Millions$Billions$Billions+
42. 42
Investment Return!
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership
Investment Return
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership Experience Vision Commitment
Identification
Execution
Customers
Self Sustaining ProfitableCapEx Onramp
Robust Repeatable Scalable
Terrain Community Regulatory
Catalytic Risk Infrastructure Growth Economy
Primary Secondary Tertiary Profit
Rockefeller
Revolutionizing
Energy
Industry
Domination
Industrial Age
Expansion
Aggressive Oil
Expansion
Kerosene &
Crude Sales
Expanding Oil
Markets
Assured Industrial
Oil Sales
Capital &
Reinvestment
Drilling & Refining
Improvement
Escalating Oil
Field Discoveries
Easy Access to
Early Sweet Oil
Continent Wide
Field Discoveries
Integrated Supply
Chain
State & Federal
Legislation
Kerosene Stock
Leverage Raise
Competitor
Acquisitions
Vertical & Hori-
zontal Integration
New & Expanding
Fields & Cities
Monetary Return New Oil Fields
Integrated
Business Sectors
Foundation of $T
Global Oil Sector
43. Monetary Return
New Oil Fields
Integrated
Business Sectors
Foundation of $T
Global Oil Sector
Decade 1 Decade 2 Decade 3
$Millions$Billions$Trillions
44. 44
Investment Return!
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership
Investment Return
Capital
Environment
Technology
Business Model
Market Need
Leadership Experience Vision Commitment
Identification
Execution
Customers
Self Sustaining ProfitableCapEx Onramp
Robust Repeatable Scalable
Terrain Community Regulatory
Catalytic Risk Infrastructure Growth Economy
Primary Secondary Tertiary Profit
Stone
Inner Solar
System Industry
On the Moon
Within a Decade
10 Billion People
by Mid Century
Detailed Planning
and Preparation
End to End
Customer Chain
Integrated Space
Markets
Eliminating
Barriers to Space
Capital & Profit
Reinvestment
50 Years of
Accelerating Tech
Production Line
Methodology
New Customers
for Base Modules
CIS Lunar & Inner
Solar System
Space Agencies
& Commercial
National &
International Law
Catalytic
Investment
Revenues &
Structural Funds
Vertical & Hori-
zontal Integration
Expanding
Market Investing
Propellant Sales
Near Earth Space
Expansion of
Space Assets
Interlaced
Revenue Streams
Inner Solar
System Economy
45. 45
Stone
Inner Solar
System Industry
On the Moon
Within a Decade
10 Billion People
by Mid Century
Detailed Planning
and Preparation
End to End
Customer Chain
Integrated Space
Markets
Eliminating
Barriers to Space
Capital & Profit
Reinvestment
50 Years of
Accelerating Tech
Production Line
Methodology
New Customers
for Base Modules
CIS Lunar & Inner
Solar System
Space Agencies
& Commercial
National &
International Law
Catalytic
Investment
Revenues &
Structural Funds
Vertical & Hori-
zontal Integration
Expanding
Market Investing
Propellant Sales
Near Earth Space
Expansion of
Space Assets
Interlaced
Revenue Streams
Inner Solar
System Economy
Space Agencies
Infrastructure
Corporations
Other NewSpace
Companies
No Revenue
Model Applicable
Lack end to end
business models
Not mandated for
profit generation
Prototyping risk
reduction culture
Unable to lead
capital risk
Cannot disrupt
existing revenues
Inertia too high
for regulatory risk
Insufficient
market vision
Isolated market
assumptions
Shackleton
Energy Company
46. Shackleton
Energy
Company
CEO COOCTO / Chairman
46
Dale Tietz
Chief Executive Officer
Former US Air Force officer
and pilot. Pentagon Strategic
Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
acquisition program manager.
Internationally-recognized
development pioneer in
unmanned aerospace systems
and high tech business leader.
Bill Stone
Chairman and Chief
Technology Officer
World-class explorer/ inventor/
engineer/ business developer.
Dr. Stone has led scores of
expeditions worldwide,
developed advanced life
support systems, autonomous
robotics and space systems
Jim Keravala
Chief Operating Officer
International space systems
director; planning and launch
of over a dozen spacecraft into
Low Earth Orbit. Multi-national
leadership record. High tech
entrepreneur; systems
engineering and technology
program management
expertise.
47. Mainframe
Interconnections
Districts Compete
for Contracts
Computer
Tourism Takes-off
Govt ARPANET
Liberated
TCP/IP
PC + DOS
World Wide Web
Dot Com Boom
Consolidation
X-15 Released to
Qualified Corps
MultiCycle Engine
Airframe System
I/F & Docking
Standards
Millennial
Olympics
1970 1980 1990
Govt COTS
Program Winner!
One Billionth Pico
Supercomputer
One Millionth
Spacecar Sold
2000 2010
Govt TelexNet
Established
49. Shackleton
Energy
Company
49
Gas
extraction
at sea
Liquefaction
for transport
to LNG
storage
LNG storage
prior to
distribution
LNG
Regasification
Pipeline
transport to
customers
Oil
extraction
on land
Pipeline
transportation
of crude to
refinery
Pipeline
transportation
of refined
products to
distribution
Road
transport
to retail
outlets
Transport to
LNG storage
Transport to
storage
50. LEO
LLO
L1
GEO
Earth
Moon
50Full Program Mapping in SEC
Enterprise Model
Water transport
delivery from Lunar
surface to LEO
refinery and depot
Water
Lunar
propellant sales
to customers
Extraction and
processing of
water from polar
regolith
Launch of
structure
and crew to
space
Return of water
transport for next
delivery cycle
Aerobraking shell
enables low energy
return to LEO
FuelWater
Water
Extraction and
processing of next
water from polar
regolith
Water transport
ready for next
delivery cycle to
LEO depot
Terrestrial
propellant
sales to
customers
Propellant
Launch of
infrastructure
and crew to
the Moon
Launch of
prospecting
missions to
the Lunar
poles
Permanent Moon
Base established
and human
interplanetary
civilization begins
on a Tuesday
sometime in 2022
Solar power
transmission to fleet and
early stage terrestrial
demonstrators
54. 54
SEC, SAS, Penguin ASI Respectively
UNDERSEA
EXPLORATION
TELEROBOTIC MINING
LAUNCH
FLIGHT SYSTEMS
OPERATIONS
DEFENSE
SIMULATION
EXPEDITIONS
AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS
LIFE SUPPORT
ENGINEERING
A Team of 130 and growing
With 4,000 years of combined experience in aerospace, defense, launch,
space systems, mining, operations and energy
SPACE
GN&C
55. 55
SEC, SAS, Penguin ASI Respectively
A Team of 130 and growing
With 4,000 years of combined experience in aerospace, defense, launch,
space systems, mining, operations and energy
56. 56
Phase 1 - Enterprise Development
Phase 1 Startup
Team Integration
Enterprise Engineering
Enterprise Go-Review
Enterprise Investment Engagement
Phase 2 – Robotic Prospecting
Mission Implementation
Design, Build &Test
Launch & Surface Tests
Prospecting Operations
Phase 3 – Infrastructure RiskRedux
Infrastructure Implementation
Propellant Exchange Marketplace
Fleet Module Development
Development Fleet Deployment
LEO Depot Fleet 1 Deliveries
Phase 4 – Lunar Operations
Operations Development
Expedition 1 Landing
Expedition 1 Operations
Lunar Sourced Propellant Delivery
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10
Phase 1 Finance &
Commencement
Infrastructure
Capital
Terrestrial
Propellant Sales
Lunar
Propellant Sales
Propellant
Pre-Sales
57. LEO
LLO
L1
GEO
Earth
Moon
SEC Delivers first
End-of-Life
extension services
for GEO, MEO
and LEO satellites
(Year 7)
First super-satellite
boosted to from LEO to
GEO with SEC transfer
tug with station keeping
stage (Year 9)
Human tended communication
platform with 100x current
capacity, upgradeable
standardized transponder
racks and large inflatable
reflectors using SEC modular
architecture (Year 12)
58. Shackleton
Energy
Company
LEO
LMO
Phobos / Deimos
NEA
Earth
Mars
Moon Propellant
Propellant
First in-orbit
transfer to NASA
customer with
Phase 3
Propellant Depot
(Year 5)
ISECG Agency
missions to the Moon
using SEC vehicles &
propellant (Year 9+)
ISECG Agency
missions to the NEA
using SEC vehicles &
propellant (Year 15+)
ISECG Agency
missions to the
Phobos, Deimos and
Mars using SEC
vehicles & propellant
(Year 20+)
The International Space Exploration Coordination
Group (ISECG) of 14 Space Agencies defines a
roadmap of preferred exploration scenarios . SEC’s
architecture and interface licensing enables that
capability at a fraction of the cost of a government
driven system. (Year 9+)
59. LEO
LLO
L1
GEO
Earth
Moon
Propellant
Transfer of SpAASe
customers to lunar
orbit (Year 12+)
Propellant
Transfer of SpAASe
customers to lunar
surface (Year 12+)
Transfer of SpAASe
customers to L1
(Year 10+)
Launch of SpAASe
customers to LEO
and transfer to SEC
transport (Year 10+)
Launch of SpAASe
customers to LEO
and transfer to SEC
transport (Year 10+)
Minimum 25
SpAASe customers
in cis-lunar space
(Year 15+)
60. Shackleton
Energy
Company
LEO
LMO
Phobos / Deimos
NEA
Earth
Mars
Moon
GEO
61%
Lunar Landing
75%
Mars Landing
85%
Traditional launch
beyond LEO requires
over half of beyond
LEO mass to be
propellant
GEO
Propellant
Launching larger
spacecraft to LEO
followed by refueling
from SEC propellant
depots at least doubles
total mission mass for
each launch (Year 9+)
A single SpaceX FH
plus SEC propellant
depots provides greater
mission mass than a
single NASA SLS
62. "I think there is a world market for
maybe five computers" Thomas
Watson (1874-1956), Chairman of
IBM, 1943
62
"Heavier-than-air flying machines
are impossible“ Lord Kelvin,
President, Royal Society, 1895
"There is no reason anyone would want
a computer in their home" Ken Olson,
president, chairman and founder of
Digital Equipment Corp, 1977
"This 'telephone' has too
many shortcomings to be
seriously considered as a
means of communication.
The device is inherently of
no value to us" Western
Union internal memo, 1876
"Space travel is bunk." Sir Harold Spencer
Jones, Astronomer Royal of Britain, 1957,
two weeks before the launch of Sputnik
"All attempts at artificial aviation are not
only dangerous to life but doomed to failure
from an engineering standpoint" Editor of
'The Times' of London, 1905
“We’re not sure how
fuel in space is relevant
to us" Norwegian oil
company, 2015
"We don't like their sound, and
guitar music is on the way out"
Decca Recording Co. rejecting
the Beatles, 1962
"Man will never
reach the moon
regardless of all
future scientific
advances" Dr Lee
De Forest, 1967