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 existence in space– consisting of the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are large environments developed to spin to replicate Earth’s gravity for long-term homeowners and for on-board agriculture. It also plans to open a devoted engine manufacturing center in Alabama this March. 2020 need to likewise see Blue Origin fly its first human guests 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 vehicle.