00:00Because Mark 1 is less of a week and more of a systems test for a future lunar economy.
00:07Blue Origin does not view the Moon as a destination, but as an operating environment.
00:12Blue Moon Mark 1 is designed as an uncrued demonstration mission,
00:17a test under operational conditions. The core objectives are first, precision landing.
00:22Blue Origin wants to show that they can land with pinpoint accuracy on the Moon.
00:30Not somewhere within a safety ellipse of several kilometers,
00:33but very specifically right where infrastructure is to be built.
00:37Second, Payload Integration Mark 1 is designed to carry scientific
00:42and technological payloads, sensors, experiments, demonstrators.
00:47Exactly what NASA and international partners need for sustainable lunar programs.
