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 innovation 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-lasting residents and for on-board agriculture. It likewise plans to open a devoted engine manufacturing facility in Alabama this March. 2020 must also 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 begin running New Glenn, its orbital launch vehicle.