An inventor for an award-winning design company has become a finalist in a £1.2 million competition which could help put people permanently on the Moon. Dr Andrew McCulloch, who is also a director for Minima Design in Framlingham, has become one of 10 making the final cut for the UK Space Agency’s Aqualunar Challenge, which is in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency. The task is to design technologies that can purify water frozen as ice in the Moon’s soil. This would be crucial in establishing a permanently-crewed base on the Earth’s only natural satellite by 2030. Paul Bate, chief exe…