The press conference of the Team Synergy Moon, held in the capital of Croatia Zagreb on July 27th, in the reading room of the biggest public library Bogdan Ogrizović in the very centre of the city.
The conference was held under sponsorship of Croatia Airlines, national air carrier.
We had to announce major milestones in our activities:
• The signing of the Memorandum of understanding of the collaboration between TSM and University of Antofagasta on the project MMARS, the framework in which the Team will have a part of the Team’s operations
• The Launch Manifest of the Interorbital Systems, our carrier in the competition, with TubeSats and CubeSats of our team and some other teams competing for the Google Lunar X PRIZE.
• The receiving of the necessary insulating materials from our sponsor Aerogels Australia to be built in our Moon hardware
• Our next activities in testing our Space hardware and software.
Our host Croatia Airlines, during the talks about press conference, announced that it will become sponsor of cargo transport for the lunar rover and communication equipment during last testings and packaging the hardware transported to Chile to integrate with lander, and necessary air tickets for team members who will travel with the cargo.
During the press conference leader of the TSM explained to the the news media attending the major goals of Google Lunar X PIZE competition, the present status of the team’s operations, the Croatian branch of international team gathered around Astronomic Society Vidulini, and details of plan to win the competition.
The speakers were Miroslav Ambruš Kiš, Synergy Moon Team Leader; Vilko Klein, Master of Aeronautical Engineering and chief of the Moon surface communication building group; capt. Stjepan Bedić, bacc. ing. Aeronautics team’s quality supervisor; Davor Janušić, Croatia Airlines, Public relations representative and Uroš Todorović Mikšaj, mag. ing. from AU Vidulini rover group.
The response of the media was better then we estimated and has given later Team members further apearence in media and new opportunities to approach talks and collaborations with business in Croatia.
