Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center
O’Neill is known for his work with NASA in the 1970s, conceiving possible future technology for continual human presence in space– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are big habitats created to spin to reproduce Earth’s gravity for long-term locals and for on-board farming. It also plans to open a dedicated engine production center in Alabama this March. 2020 ought to 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 begin operating New Glenn, its orbital launch vehicle.