Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center
O’Neill is understood for his work with NASA in the 1970s, developing possible future technology for sustained human presence in space– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are large habitats developed to spin to duplicate Earth’s gravity for long-term locals and for on-board agriculture. It also plans to open a dedicated engine manufacturing center in Alabama this March. 2020 ought to likewise see Blue Origin fly its first human passengers aboard New Shepard, its sub-orbital rocket, which is currently well along the course to human accreditation, and it’s looking to next year to start running New Glenn, its orbital launch automobile.