Opening Space Up to Small and Medium Sized Businesses

Many small parts make the whole, and assembling a mission to compete in the Google Lunar X PRIZE requires the combination of many high-tech parts, in-house developments (like the rover developed by White Label Space in Japan) and sponsorship.

White Label Space recognises that the foundations of nations’ economies rely not on large corporations, but on the millions of Small to Medium Enterprizes (SMEs).

If you want to associate your SME with a truly exceptional 21st century endeavour, then for as little as €100 (tax deductible in some countries), you can sponsor White Label Space, become part of our mission, and receive a Certificate documenting your contribution.

Naturally larger sponsor packages and exposure are available, yet for a small amount you can be part of something great - the next Space Race.

Take a look through our website to learn more about us and how we're assembling our Google Lunar X PRIZE mission - your sponsorship contribution to White Label Space will leverage awareness of your brand far higher than anything on earth.

Sponsorship via a Pay Pal donation can be made HERE.

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Supersonic Parachuting: Red Bull Stratos vs Le Grand Saut

Two teams are currently competing in an unofficial race for the first human parachute jump to reach supersonic speeds in the descent.

The current record height for a high altitude jump is 31.09 km (102,800ft), achieved on August 16, 1960 by Joe Kittinger, a retired United States Air Force Colonel. During his drop he reached a top speed of 988km/h (614mph), just below the speed of sound. But it looks like we are soon going to see the first parachute jump that breaks the sound barrier 1083km/hr (690mph).

Red Bull Stratos

In the Red Bull Stratos effort Felix Baumgartner (pictured left) plans to jump from a balloon at 36.58km (120,000ft). The team boasts a very nice website and an all-star project team. Oh, and don't forget the sponsorship of Red Bull, a brand well-known for associating itself with high-profile sports, extreme sports and record-breaking efforts. Another well-known brand, Nokia, is also providing a special application for its handsets that will enable the public to watch the event in real-time, even showing Baumgartner's pulse rate!

Le Grand Saut

In parrallel, another effort by a team consisting of French and Canadian members is preparing for Le Grand Saut (The Big Jump). In this effort, Michel Fournier (pictured right), a former colonel and paratroops instructor in the French army reserve will attempt to jump from a balloon at 40km (~130,000 feet). Le Grand Saut doesn't appear to have any major sponsors but it also has some quite impressive members from the medical sciences.

Le Grand Saut is planned for May this year whereas Red Bull Stratos has not announced the date of its attempt.

Parachute jumping from extreme altitudes is not just a publicity stunt. It also has important benefits for many other fields including medicine, science and technology. These types of extreme altitude parachute jumps can also simulate the ejections of astronauts from a high altitude rockets, quite important in this age of human sub-orbital spaceflight.

Scroll down this post to see a promotional video of the Red Bull Stratos effort as well as a nice picture and two CNN news pieces about a previous attempts at Le Grand Saut.

Jessica van den Doel

Jessica van den Doel is Creative Director of White Label Space team and aims to maximize the marketing opportunities for sponsors by unleashing the full potential the White Label Space Google Lunar X PRIZE (GLXP) mission. In this video, Jessica shares her thoughts about working in the White Label Space team.



As Creative Director she is leading the team's creative efforts to attract sponsors, as well as assisting with the marketing of the team's no-name brand, White Label Space.

After White Label Space finds its Jessica will analyze their communications strategies and develop creative approaches that make optimal use of the mission. She will stimulate and consolidate the creative efforts of the integrated team that includes White Label Space members and customer representatives, putting together a clear and coherent branding approach that presents a common theme across all aspects of the mission, while ensuring that the branding fits the requirements and desired image of the various sponsors.

Sponsors

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Today the world's population consumes almost 70% of its information in digital format, and that consumption is mostly controlled by consumers who choose exactly what they want to watch in their limited time available. In previous years the marketer's challenge was to maximize the attention for ad time they purchased, but in today's on-demand world the marketer has to fight just to be played at all.

White Label Space produces exciting and inspirational and original content for the internet and other media that people want to watch - a perfect way to increase your brand's exposure or convey a marketing message!

White Label Space's highly qualified and capable team of space professionals is preparing for the most ambitious space project ever attempted without the direct assistance of governments. The general public is fascinated by space exploration and is eager to follow the team's challenge to explore the Moon's surface and beyond.

The team is looking for sponsors, big and small. The sponsors will receive extensive media exposure with an integrated marketing message tailored to their specific needs. The major sponsors will also have the option to purchase naming rights for our Google Lunar X PRIZE mission and its major elements.

If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of White Label Space, please contact us at: sponsorship@whitelabelspace.com

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Partners

AOES Group BV - The AOES Group is an international engineering services and consultancy provider with over 100 employees specialised in the areas of Engineering Services, Information Technology, and Visual and Technical Communication. AOES is providing White Label Space with specialist support for design and analysis tasks related to the structures, thermal and propulsion subsystems of the Lander and Rover.

Swiss Propulsion Laboratory - is developing a low-cost engine for the landing stage of the White Label Space mission. SPL has long experience developing cheap and reliable rocket propulsion systems for numerous customers. SPL has a rocket motor test bench located on the same site as its workshop and engineering design offices, enabling rapid and extensive testing of its engine designs.

Tohoku University Space Robotics Laboratory - is working with White Label Space to design a Moon rover for the mission. The lab is led by Professor Kazuya Yoshida who has contributed to numerous Japanese space missions including the Hayabusa asteroid sample return mission.

Airborne Composites BV - will provide lightweight high performance composite structures for White Label Space's GLXP mission. Airborne develops and produces advanced composite products for a variety of markets including space, aeronautics, antennas, tubulars and machine components. Airborne operates state-of-the-art engineering and production facilities and has competences covering the full range of composites engineering development including technology research, product design, process engineering, qualification, maintenance and composite repair.

Space Ventures Investors - collects from individuals and organizations vital information about their investment appetite for the space sector and looks at how marketing can be used to change potential investors‘ views on investing in space. By monitoring selected space-related stocks it provides interested investors with space investment advice. It is also researching how capital can be applied to the commercialization of space and identifying the key verticals that are accessible, offer value to the public, and modeled to meet return on investment criteria over a fixed period. Based on this know-how it is developing a range of space industry financial products to enable the private or institutional investor to actively invest in space.

The Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) - is a national network for aerospace specialists and space enthusiasts that is cooperating with White Label Space to promote future planetary science and exploration activities including the Google Lunar X PRIZE. The OewF provides unique opportunities for field testing of advanced hardware concepts developed within the White Label Space team. The OeWf is a volunteer space organization, led by space professionals, and serves as a communication platform between the space sector and the public.

Lightcurve Films - is White Label Space's partner for video production. It is a small film production company specialised in films about science and technology. The company has worked for institutes and agencies across Europe in the space sector, medical sciences as well as for Discovery Channel Canada.

Emxys - is a designer and manufacturer of instrumentation and control embedded electronic systems for science and industry markets. Besides being very active in the space sector, Emxys also has a strong track record in other cutting edge scientific fields including biomedical engineering, photonics, high energy physics, telecommunications. Emxys is developing key electronics sub-systems and components for the White Label Space GLXP mission and for field testing events.

Wrocław University of Technology - has extensive experience developing aerospace communications equipment including the Amateur Radio for the ISS (ARISS) antenna which is now flying on the European Columbus Module of the International Space Station. The Telecommunications Laboratory is developing antennas and other telecommunications hardware for the White Label Space mission.

LunarNumbat - is a team of Open Source developers in Australia and New Zealand who are using their skills to develop new software and electronic hardware for the White Label Space mission. Members of the public can follow thier progress via their wiki. The following three projects are currently active: Propulsion Control Avionics, HD Video & Still Transmission, and Radar Altimeter.

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Partners are organisations that help to develop our Google Lunar X PRIZE mission. Partners can be private companies, non-profit organisations or universities.

If your organisation is interested in becoming a partner of White Label Space, please contact us at: system@whitelabelspace.com

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