7/9/2023 0 Comments Jeff bezos blue origin![]() ![]() ![]() The company’s Dreamchaser space plane, which can take off from a runway, is expected to take passengers to the ISS next year. Sierra Space, a newly-created subsidiary of the Sierra Nevada Corporation, first announced its attention to create a space station in April, touting an economic opportunity projected to grow to $1.4tn by 2030. Shares in Redwire initially jumped by about 40 per cent on the news, before settling at about 20 per cent. “This is exciting for us because this project does not duplicate the immensely successful and enduring ,” said John Mulholland, Boeing’s programme manager for the ISS, “but rather goes a step further to fulfil a unique position in low-earth orbit where it can serve a diverse array of companies and host non-specialist crews”. Arizona State University will lead a consortium of 14 universities who will act as an advisory council on research. Genesis, based in Maryland, will provide its Single Person Spacecraft to the project, billed as an alternative to bulky spacesuits when conducting operations outside the station. Other groups involved include Boeing, Redwire Space and Genesis Engineering Solutions. The modules for Orbital Reef will be launched into space via Blue Origin’s reusable New Glenn rocket, which has been beset by repeated delays. The announcement comes as Blue Origin reels from missing out on crucial Nasa contracts to rival SpaceX, including a $2.9bn mission to the moon now being disputed by Blue Origin in court. It is not clear how much investment is going into the project. Those on board would experience 32 sunsets and sunrises each day, the company said. According to a promotional website, the station, to be called Orbital Reef, will be an ideal location for a “space hotel”, “film-making in microgravity” or “conducting cutting edge research”.
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