​MISSION

Solar Ship’s mission is to make aerospace products able to operate in remote areas without the need for infrastructure 

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT

Remote areas are often cut off from the benefits of the global community due to lack of transport, communications and energy. In times of crisis this can lead to death, pain and economic loss. In times of peace, remote areas have the world’s natural assets and these need to be managed.

TRANSPORT

• Self-reliant transport is critical to giving remote areas the power of mobility without relying on the outside world
• In times of disaster, remote areas are often cut off from receiving critical supplies and people die
• When roads are blocked or destroyed, land transport stops functioning
• When fuel supplies run out or become scarce, all transport stops
• In peaceful times, remote areas lacking road infrastructure are the most expensive places in the world for transport

COMMUNICATIONS

• The Internet enables brainpower to find information and determine one’s own plans
• Internet coverage is expensive and unreliable in many remote areas – this hurts people’s ability to function
• IoT creates exponential efficiencies – remote areas are the least efficient economies in the world
• In times of disaster, efficiencies mean the difference between life and death - IoT is critical for disaster management
• In times of peace, the internet creates better health and education systems for remote areas
• IoT in remote areas provides remote entrepreneurs with a new world of possibilities to solve problems

ENERGY

• Transport and communications in remote areas traditionally run on avgas and diesel, both of which are unreliable and expensive
• Relying on the global economy to supply liquid fuel to remote areas is dangerous
• Diesel weighs 854 kg per m3 – transporting this liquid 1000s of km into remote areas creates the world’s most expensive economies
• It makes no economic sense to transport this mass such a long distance; remote areas are the first to be cut off from supplies in a crisis
• Making energy in remote areas is a fraction of the costs of transporting in diesel
• Renewable electric power provides remote areas with energy self-reliance to power their transport, communications and shelter