Oxygen, metals, advanced ceramics, and energy produced from lunar and solar resources for use in space.

The greatest challenge by far for the modern-day space industry is the extremely high cost of mass launched from Earth. The only way to reduce these costs and create a viable economy in space is to utilize resources already present. The Moon, being our closest celestial body, is the logical first resource.

Oxygen is the primary commodity by mass launched from Earth today. Demand is expected to grow substantially as heavy-lift rockets transition to an in-space refueling architecture, enabling the delivery of large payloads beyond Earth's orbit.

Outward Technologies plans to address this market need by producing oxygen and other valuable commodities on the Moon to kickstart the greater space economy.   

The most cost-effective processes for extracting commodities from lunar regolith must exclusively utilize resources indigenous to the Moon. Eliminating the requirement to transport consumables from Earth will substantially decrease startup and operational costs, enabling a highly scalable solution.

By utilizing components derived from its own refined commodities, the system minimizes the need for non-lunar resources. This is a crucial step toward establishing a self-reliant space ecosystem and will significantly reduce the production cost of future systems.

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one.