Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center
O’Neill is known for his work with NASA in the 1970s, conceiving possible future innovation for sustained human presence in space– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are large environments created to spin to duplicate Earth’s gravity for long-lasting citizens and for on-board farming. It likewise prepares to open a dedicated engine manufacturing facility in Alabama this March. 2020 should likewise see Blue Origin fly its first human guests 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 automobile.