Nexus Aurora (NA) is a community based project incubator. Our goal is to create open source solutions to the complex problems of space settlement.

Initially founded to investigate projects within the commercial space industry. Our first big initiative was to enter the Mars Society’s City State Competition. This competition gave the community a shared goal to focus our efforts and to present our work.

 

 

Event Timeline

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Jun

Mars Society’s City State Competition.

Nexus Aurora’s proposal won the Mars Society competition and is now a leading solution and methodology for the creation of sustainable habitats outside of Earth’s environment.

Jul

Mars Society 2022 analog mission

NA was selected to develop two experimental robotics hardware projects for the Mars Society 2022 analog mission in Utah (MDRS)

Oct

IAC 2021 - Dubai

International Astronautical Congress 2021 – Dubai

NA presented three papers on subjects relating to improvements and ideas for space habitats.

  1. Orbital Can – a next-generation modular space station architecture
  2. Large Artificial Rotating Gravity Environment: “Gravity On Demand”
  3. Universal Berthing Mechanism Standard
Sep

IAC 2022 - Paris

International Astronautical Congress 2022 – Paris

NA is presenting 6 papers on a wide variety of subjects:

  1. Starship LOX use for Radiation Mitigation
  2. Methods for Simulating Crowd Movements in Low Gravity Environments for Safe Emergency Egress Design
  3. Development of an Open Source Modelling Package for Thermal Balance of Crewed Mars Habitats
  4. Vehicle Design and Mission Architecture for an Exploration Excursion Vehicle for Deimos and Phobos
  5. Mission Architecture for Robotics, Low-Cost, High-Fidelity Mapping of Mission Areas
  6. Comprehensive High-Level Avionics Systems for Exploration
Jul

Mars Society 2022 analog mission

NA was selected to develop two experimental robotics hardware projects for the Mars Society 2022 analog mission in Utah (MDRS)

Sep

IAC 2022 - Paris

International Astronautical Congress 2022 – Paris

NA is presenting 6 papers on a wide variety of subjects:

  1. Starship LOX use for Radiation Mitigation
  2. Methods for Simulating Crowd Movements in Low Gravity Environments for Safe Emergency Egress Design
  3. Development of an Open Source Modelling Package for Thermal Balance of Crewed Mars Habitats
  4. Vehicle Design and Mission Architecture for an Exploration Excursion Vehicle for Deimos and Phobos
  5. Mission Architecture for Robotics, Low-Cost, High-Fidelity Mapping of Mission Areas
  6. Comprehensive High-Level Avionics Systems for Exploration

 

 

 

Organization Structure

Nexus Aurora has created an organizational structure to ensure the smooth operation of our open source community.

 

Community

  • All members of the community regardless of age, gender orientation, race, social status, or geo-location.
  • All members can, and are encouraged to, participate in all discussions and projects.

 

Council

  • Members who wish to be more active in the organizational matters of the community.
  • These members ensure all matters of the community are disseminated to the community and encouraging member participation.
  • Council members also bring proposals for procedures, policies, and projects to the community.

 

Core

  • Members who formally represent the community and ensure the organization is acting in line with the goals and principles of the community.
  • Core members also ensure the community runs in a smooth apolitical manner.
  • Some members of Core are charged with being Public Officers for the corporate entity of Nexus Aurora LLC.