{"id":17086,"date":"2025-09-30T19:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-and-its-partners-in-luxembourg-unveil-project-oasis-to-map-lunar-resources\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T19:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:05:09","slug":"blue-origin-and-its-partners-in-luxembourg-unveil-project-oasis-to-map-lunar-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-and-its-partners-in-luxembourg-unveil-project-oasis-to-map-lunar-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin and its partners in Luxembourg unveil Project Oasis to map lunar resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1260\" height=\"709\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250930-oasis-1260x709.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-892543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250930-oasis-1260x709.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250930-oasis-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250930-oasis-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/250930-oasis.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1260px) 100vw, 1260px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">An artist\u2019s conception shows the Oasis-1 satellite mapping water ice deposits on the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says it\u2019s working with partners in Luxembourg on a campaign called Project Oasis, which aims to identify and take advantage of valuable resources on the moon.<\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s first mission, known as Oasis-1, will send a small satellite into lunar orbit to map reserves of water ice, helium-3, radionuclides, rare earth elements, precious metals and other materials that could be used by space settlers or sent back to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce we know what\u2019s really there and how to access it, everything changes,\u201d Pat Remias, vice president for advanced concepts and enterprise engineering at Blue Origin, said today in a news release. \u201cProject Oasis creates the foundation for a thriving space economy that benefits everyone, including the billions of individuals on Earth who will benefit from space-based resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kent, Wash.-based Blue Origin has already been working on a project called Blue Alchemist, which focuses on technologies that can process moon dirt to produce the components for solar cells and transmission wires. Another promising avenue involves turning deposits of water ice into drinkable water \u2014 and turning that H<sub>2<\/sub>O into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket propellant.<\/p>\n<p>Such technologies could be applied broadly to in-situ resource utilization, or ISRU, on the moon as well as on Mars and in asteroid mining operations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/embed\/feed\/update\/urn:li:ugcPost:7371630127484465152\" height=\"772\" width=\"504\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" title=\"Embedded post\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Luxembourg officials have long been supportive of off-Earth resource extraction as a potential frontier for space commercialization. Back in 2017, members of Luxembourg\u2019s royal family visited Seattle to strengthen ties related to space technology. Luxembourg\u2019s government and one of the country\u2019s leading banks, SNCI, invested $26.5 million in Planetary Resources, a Redmond, Wash.-based asteroid mining venture that fizzled out in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Project Oasis is being developed jointly by Blue Origin\u2019s Space Resources Center of Excellence, located in the Los Angeles area, and by the company\u2019s international office in Luxembourg. Blue Origin\u2019s partners include Luxembourg and its national space agency; GOMSpace, a satellite company that has its headquarters in Denmark and a subsidiary in Luxembourg; and the European Space Resources Innovation Center, which is based in Luxembourg. <\/p>\n<p>Oasis-1 would employ neutron spectroscopy to quantify the moon\u2019s subsurface water ice concentrations to a depth of 1 meter (3 feet). Additional instruments would include magnetometers for metal detection, and multispectral imaging for helium-3 detection and geological mapping. Controlled impact sequences would maximize data collection for identifying potential extraction sites.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Origin hasn\u2019t yet specified the timeline for Oasis-1 or any follow-up missions for Project Oasis. But for what it\u2019s worth, Seattle-based Interlune, a moon mining venture that was co-founded by Blue Origin veterans, is planning to send a camera to the lunar surface sometime in the next few months to map concentrations of helium-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An artist\u2019s conception shows the Oasis-1 satellite mapping water ice deposits on the moon. (Blue Origin Illustration) Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture says it\u2019s working with partners in Luxembourg on a campaign called Project Oasis, which aims to identify and take advantage of valuable resources on the moon. 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