Manny Pimenta is a systems engineer turned space entrepreneur who believes the best way to inspire the future is to build it. As founder and CEO of Virtual Moon, he’s creating the most detailed and realistic Virtual Reality model of the Moon ever developed – a fully immersive digital twin designed to spark curiosity, teach STEM, and help humanity prepare for life beyond Earth. With over four decades of experience in various engineering roles throughout his career, Manny brings deep engineering credibility to his futuristic mission. He’s spoken at schools, universities, and global space conferences, inviting audiences to stand on the lunar surface through the power of VR – and to imagine their place in the future of space exploration. Among his other accomplishments, he has chaired two Return To The Moon conferences as member of the Space Frontier Foundation, he has lobbied in Washington DC in support of Space related legislation, and is credited with creating Lunar Explorer in 2006: the world’s first (and still the only) fully immersive and interactive Virtual Reality simulation of the entire Moon.