Blue Origin officially opens its new HQ and R&D center
O’Neill is known for his work with NASA in the 1970s, developing prospective future technology for sustained human presence in space– including the so-called O’Neill cylinders, which are big habitats created to spin to reproduce Earth’s gravity for long-lasting residents and for on-board agriculture. It also prepares to open a dedicated engine manufacturing facility in Alabama this March. 2020 ought to 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 begin operating New Glenn, its orbital launch lorry.