\u201cMars is sort of an obvious next one,\u201d Fox said. \u201cWhy can\u2019t I do that with a mission going somewhere else, and say, \u2018Hey, who wants to take these instruments here?\u2019 I\u2019m actually really excited about the possibilities that the commercial sector open up to us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blue Origin is assembling and testing its first Blue Ring spacecraft.<\/p>\n \n Credit: \n Blue Origin is assembling and testing its first Blue Ring spacecraft.<\/p>\n Credit:<\/p>\n Blue Origin<\/p>\n NASA\u2019s roster of CLPS lander companies includes Firefly Aerospace, Intuitive Machines, Astrobotic, and Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin, which is also working on a larger human-rated lunar lander for NASA, along with SpaceX. Some of the same companies, along with K2 Space, Rocket Lab, Apex Space, Blue Canyon, Millennium Space Systems, and now Vast<\/a>, are working on mass-produced satellite platforms for use in Earth orbit or deep space. The manufacturers see their primary demand signals in the US military and commercial markets, but NASA could benefit from the same designs.<\/p>\n Blue Origin bills its Blue Ring design, now preparing for its first test flight, as an \u201call-in-one, high-powered hybrid solar electric and chemical propelled spacecraft\u201d that can maneuver, host, and deploy payloads in and around Earth orbits, the Moon, Mars, other planets, and near-Earth asteroids at \u201cdramatically lower profile costs.\u201d<\/p>\n
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