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IBM and NASA Give the Moon an Open-Source Memory
A new lunar AI model brings scattered observations into one scientific toolkit. Its first tests sharpen the search for ice, map craters with less training data, and trace the Moon’s volcanic past.
Starpath
Starpath is a Hawthorne, California space company building robotic factories that mine water ice from the Moon and refine it into rocket propellant. Founded in 2022 by former SpaceX engineers, the company designs fleets of autonomous mining rovers, on-site refineries, and liquid oxygen (LOX) storage systems to produce fuel where rockets actually need it - off Earth. The bet is simple and audacious: if you can make oxidizer on the Moon, you can make deep space travel affordable and turn humanity into a multi-planet species. Starpath raised a $12M seed round in 2024 co-led by 8VC and Fusion Fund.