Adam Kall, Austin Morris – Kall Morris Inc.
In 2019 Gen-z entrepreneurs Adam Kall and Austin Morris started Kall Morris Inc. Instead of focusing creativity on their business name they aimed it at a solution for outer space. KMI is based out of Marquette, Michigan which has a history and culture of space innovation. Morris and Kall met in college, but it wasn’t until graduating that they decided to merge their ideas. Today co-founder Adam Kall is the director of science and KMI, Austin Morris serves as the director of engineering and Austin’s brother Troy helps lead and further develop the business.
So what is this problem Kall and Morris found in outer space? On Earth, we have a trash disposal system problem, and the same is true beyond our atmosphere. Here, the issue is not where to put the trash. That’s not the problem in space; there’s plenty of room. The problem is that this trash is traveling at 17,000 miles per hour. This high velocity garbage is a danger to satellites and space stations.
The KMI team developed a technology they named REACCH. REACHH is a machine with tentacle-like arms that can remove, relocate and maneuver orbiting objects. This grabbing tech is connected to a spacecraft developed by KMI which can analyze space debris and match velocity. Once the debris is captured the spacecraft will either direct the junk to a safer orbit track or force it to earth’s atmosphere where it will burn upon reentry. These innovative solutions for space debris can also be used to service and relocate active satellites which leads longer satellite lifetime.
The future is just over the horizon for Kall and Morris’s innovative beginnings—and KMI is hurtling toward it at 17,000 miles per hour.
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It’s amazing how each individual’s unique skill set had an important part in the development of their product.
Space debris is such a unique problem, especially from the perspective of the average person. It is incredible that they not only think of that as a problem that needs fixing but that they implement their own skills to help with the problem, instead of waiting for world governments or major space organizations to do the work.