Who We Are

Hannah is a researcher at the University of Leicester. She has a PhD in Planetary Science in which she investigated an experiment to produce water from lunar regolith for the ESA PROSPECT payload. Her other research projects include icy simulant development, modelling rover interactions with lunar dust, and novel applications of space nuclear power systems.

Patrick is Professor of Exploration Technology at the University of Glasgow. He is interested in the behaviour and fluidisation of granular materials, and he has also developed technologies for polar-terrestrial and planetary surface applications. His other research interests focus on space propulsion.

Law, Policy & Regulation

Sa’id Mosteshar is Professor of Space Policy and Law, Director of the London Institute of Space Policy and Law (ISPL). A practising Barrister and California Attorney, with degrees in physics and econometrics, he advises government and private clients on space policy and law. He is Chief Editor of Encyclopaedia of Space Policy and Governance, published late 2024.

University of Oxford

Matt Cosby is Chief Technology Officer at Goonhilly Earth Station ltd in the UK, where he works to expand the capabilities offered by Goonhilly for commercial deep space communications with an emphasis on network communications around the Moon. He is also the UK Space Agency representative for CCSDS (Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems) and the UK delegate for IOAG (Interagency Operations Advisory Group).

Dr Kate Smith is the lead of the Space Systems research group in the School of Engineering at the University of Manchester. Dr Smith has over 15 years’ experience focusing on the development technologies for space applications, both in orbit and for planetary surface exploration. Dr.Smith has been the PI on a number of projects funded by ESA, UKSA and EPSRC focused on the development of Lunar ISRU excavation technologies and Lunar exploration technologies.

David Hawkins is the CCMO of Metalysis, a global leader in the commercial manufacturing of critical metal powders, alloy powders and lightweight refractory high entropy alloy powders – all produced using the patented Metalysis FFC Cambridge process. Metalysis’ technology can process a wide range of feedstocks – including lunar regolith.  It is experience gained since 2019 in this area that has led to Metalysis emerging as one of the world’s leaders in the reduction of lunar regolith to capture both its constituent oxygen and valuable metals.

David is a senior systems engineer at AVS UK. He has an MPhys in Physics with Space Science and Technology and a PhD in cryogenic detectors. He works on designing and testing vacuum systems of all sizes and regimes, on cryogenic systems for space telescopes and on in-situ resource utilisation technologies.

Added Value Solutions

Ian Crawford is currently Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology at Birkbeck College, University of London. The main focus of his research is in the area of lunar exploration, including the remote sensing of the lunar surface, the analysis of lunar samples, and the prospects for lunar resources. Ian also has research interests in the fields of astrobiology and the future of space exploration.

University of Aberdeen

Andrew Morse is a research fellow at The Open University. He has many years’ experience in developing space flight mass spectrometers, having worked on the Ptolemy (Rosetta), GAP (Beagle2) and PITMS (Pergrine 1) instruments. He is currently working on mass spectrometer systems for ProSPA and ISRU Demo missions. His current interest in ISRU is in extracting oxygen from lunar regolith by various methods including hydrogen reduction, heating simulants by microwaves in hydrogen and methane, and molten salt electrolysis.