Ten Finalists Named for NewSpace Business Plan Competition

The Space Frontier Foundation has announced 10 finalists for the $110,000 NewSpace2012 Business Competition. The finalists for the late July competition include:

Digital Solid State Propulsion LLC: They have developed a new form of solid-state propellants that are completely inert unless ignited with electric power of the appropriate magnitude. The first truly throttle-able solid rocket motor.

ExoCoat: Developing bioengineered reactive coatings to almost effortlessly clean and disinfect spacecraft interior surfaces of nearly any kind of volatile chemical, toxin, or biohazard, thus enhancing crew livability on long duration space missions, along with many other uses.

Nanoly: A nanotech solution enabling vaccines and other perishable mission-critical medicines to be stored without refrigeration for long periods

Nanosatisfi LLC: Do-it-yourself Cubesat development platforms. Design your own experiment, then have access to the Cubesat sensor payload at a very affordable price

Pine Aerospace: Rapid, high resolution imaging and analysis (spill monitoring and resolution, using microsats and UAVs) for the oil and gas industries.

Saber Astronautics: High-end Artificial Intelligence with 3D graphics for an end-to-end space operations solution

Space Ground Amalgam LLC: Inflatable technologies to enhance satellite capabilities

Terapio: Developing a bioengineered cellular-level radiation mitigation solution

Terminal Velocity Aerospace, LLC: Small custom reentry capsules for data and payload return, serving the nanosat industry

Unreasonable Rocket: An innovative, responsive commercial nanosat launcher