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Readiness verdict

OSIRIS-REx Bennu Sample Return

A dated reading of what is claimed, reported, and independently verified in the current evidence.

As of
2026-08-20
Revision
1
Method
v1.3.0

Current reading

Readiness band and full integer triple

AI-assisted assembly · derived results

Readiness band

Mature

Primary summary from verified readiness

Confidence
59% · fresh
Computed at
2026-08-20T10:56:24.705197+00:00
Claimed
92

Public ambition and stated capability

Reported
86

Observed practitioner reporting

Verified
79

Independently supported evidence

Gap
+13

Claimed leads verified

Evidence strength Strong

Decision

What the current evidence supports

Human editorial judgment · 2026-08-20

Track; not yet

Why
Validates the autonomous touch-and-go sampling plus curation-to-global-distribution pipeline that the broader space-resources lineage builds on, but the mission itself is a completed one-off NASA science-return program with no commercial monetization path for pragma.vision today.
Next
Monitor Bennu sample research output and OSIRIS-APEX's 2029 Apophis rendezvous for downstream ISRU/space-manufacturing signals relevant to the Chang'e 6 / Astroscale / Interlune / Orbit Fab lineage; no direct pragma.vision action required now.

Constraints

Blockers

No named blocker is present in the current public projection.

Evidence summary

Derived counts

AI-assisted assembly

Total
6
Tier 1
0
Tier 2
1
Tier 3
5
Supports
2
Contradicts
2
Context
2
Latest observed
2026-08-20

Counts and dates only. Raw signals, private excerpts, trust records, and internal corpus material are not published here.

Publication record

Revisions

Initial public reading

  1. 2026-08-20 Reading moved from mature to mature.

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