Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center
O’Neill is understood for his work with NASA in the 1970s, conceiving potential future technology for sustained human presence in area– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are large environments created to spin to duplicate Earth’s gravity for long-term homeowners and for on-board farming. It likewise plans to open a dedicated engine manufacturing facility in Alabama this March. 2020 should also see Blue Origin fly its first human travelers aboard New Shepard, its sub-orbital rocket, which is presently well along the path to human accreditation, and it’s looking to next year to begin running New Glenn, its orbital launch car.