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DUBAI—Blue Origin sees an opportunity to replicate the framework of its Project Oasis lunar resource mapping mission with Luxembourg in other countries, including potentially here in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The space company in late September announced Project Oasis, which will range from identifying resources on the Moon to harnessing them in-situ. Oasis-1 is slated to take place in two to three years.
“We see, beyond Luxembourg, other international partners working with us,” Patricia Remias, Blue Origin vice president, says here at the Dubai Airshow.
The Jeff Bezos-founded company in 2021 struck a broad agreement with the UAE government, which included space manufacturing and suborbital space tourism flight. Remias suggested that framework could support an Oasis initiative.
As part of Oasis-1, Blue Origin plans to deploy a small satellite in ultra-low polar orbit around the Moon. The satellite “will create the most detailed high-resolution maps to date of lunar water ice, Helium-3, radionuclides, rare earth elements, precious metals and other materials,” the company said on unveiling the project.
Prospecting the lunar surface is critical to determining the optimal landing site for future missions, since rovers can be limited in range. Remias also said Blue Origin’s Mark I lunar-lander mission, which had been planned for this year, would fly in 2026. The shakedown mission to the lunar south pole is designed to carry nearly 3.9 tons to any location on the Moon’s surface.
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