Ben Smith

Ben Smith is an Independent Lunar Settlement Scientist and the Founder of Lunar Homestead, researching the Frontier-Enabling Technology and Techniques needed for sustainable small-scale Lunar settlements.

He has been an active member of The Moon Society since 2018, of which he was Membership Coordinator from 2018 to 2021, and has served on their Board of Directors between 2019 and 2021 and as the Treasurer between 2021 and 2023. He was also a co-coordinator of the 2020 and 2023 Lunar Development Conferences.

Lunar Homestead was founded by Ben in 2018. Ben has been passionate about space exploration as far back as he can remember. He has thought a lot about humans not going past the Low Earth Orbit since Apollo 17 and came up with the idea of founding a company that would work towards the goal of having multiple permanent Homesteads on the Moon. Read Lunar Homesteading Concept.

Ben earned his Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Environmental Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2005.

Watch Lunar Homestead’s Shielded Pressurized Oxygen Resource Extraction (SPORE) presentation at the Moon Society’s 2020 Lunar Development Conference and read SPORE: Resource Extraction and Habitable Space Creation. Watch Ben Smith, Lunar Homestead – Lunar Development Conference 2021 and Lunar Development Conference 2023.

Listen to the Settle the Solar System podcast.

Follow the Lunar Homestead Facebook page, its Facebook Working Group, and its YouTube channel. Visit Ben’s LinkedIn profile, ResearchGate profile, and Academia profile. Follow him on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

You can learn more about Ben on the Lunar Homestead website.