Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center
O’Neill is known for his work with NASA in the 1970s, developing potential future innovation for sustained human presence in space– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are big habitats created to spin to replicate Earth’s gravity for long-term residents and for on-board farming. It also prepares to open a devoted engine manufacturing center in Alabama this March. 2020 ought to likewise see Blue Origin fly its first human guests aboard New Shepard, its sub-orbital rocket, which is currently well along the path to human certification, and it’s looking to next year to begin operating New Glenn, its orbital launch lorry.