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 innovation for continual human existence in space– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are large environments developed to spin to duplicate Earth’s gravity for long-term residents and for on-board farming. It also plans to open a devoted engine manufacturing facility in Alabama this March. 2020 ought to likewise 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 start running New Glenn, its orbital launch lorry.