Blue Alchemist Hits Major Milestone Toward Permanent and Sustainable Lunar Infrastructure

BLUE ORIGIN - Blue Origin announced today that its pioneering in-space resource utilization system, Blue Alchemist, has successfully completed its Critical Design Review (CDR), marking a transformative milestone toward humanity's permanent expansion beyond Earth. The breakthrough technology aims to turn the Moon, and eventually Mars, into self-sustaining worlds where robots and humans can go beyond visiting and truly explore, grow, live, and thrive.  

Blue Origin designs and manufactures heavy-lift rockets, transporters, landers, orbiters, and systems to explore space efficiently and affordably. Blue Alchemist represents a fundamental shift in space exploration; instead of hauling materials from Earth at enormous cost, future missions will build what they need using resources found on the Moon or Mars. The system transforms regolith into solar power systems, breathable oxygen, propellant-grade oxygen for refueling, metals, and construction materials - all critical elements and systems needed for near-term, low-cost, and sustainable bases, growing settlements, and eventual cities.

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