Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center
O’Neill is known for his work with NASA in the 1970s, developing possible future innovation for sustained human existence in space– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are large habitats created to spin to reproduce Earth’s gravity for long-term residents and for on-board agriculture. It likewise prepares to open a devoted engine production center in Alabama this March. 2020 should also see Blue Origin fly its first human passengers aboard New Shepard, its sub-orbital rocket, which is presently well along the path to human certification, and it’s looking to next year to start running New Glenn, its orbital launch lorry.