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Bezos’ Blue Origin Suffers Fiery Setback Building New Rocket
Blue Origin LLC sustained failures in recent weeks of testing including a factory mishap that damaged a portion of a future New Glenn rocket, the long-awaited centerpiece of the Jeff Bezos-backed startup’s push to take on SpaceX.
(Bloomberg) -- Blue Origin LLC sustained failures in recent weeks of testing including a factory mishap that damaged a portion of a future New Glenn rocket, the long-awaited centerpiece of the Jeff Bezos-backed startup’s push to take on SpaceX. Founded in 2000, about a year before Musk’s now-dominant SpaceX, Bezos has bankrolled rocket and engine factories, sprawling launch pads in Texas and Florida and hiring sprees that have pushed its workforce north of 10,000 employees. As part of efforts to kick Blue Origin into a higher gear, in December Bezos gave the top job to Limp, an Amazon veteran known for speedy execution and solving customer problems.
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