Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center
O’Neill is known for his work with NASA in the 1970s, conceiving prospective future technology for sustained human presence in area– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are large environments developed to spin to replicate Earth’s gravity for long-lasting residents and for on-board agriculture. It also plans to open a dedicated engine production facility in Alabama this March. 2020 should likewise see Blue Origin fly its very first human passengers aboard New Shepard, its sub-orbital rocket, which is currently well along the path to human accreditation, and it’s looking to next year to start running New Glenn, its orbital launch car.