Blue Origin may build new $220m rocket factory in Florida

Posted on 25 May 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
The Blue Origin New Shepard being tested earlier this year - image courtesy of Blue Origin.

Private spaceflight company, Blue Origin, has expressed interest in expanding its rocket production in Florida.

The company, which is owned by Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, has reportedly been vying for at least $8m in local-level incentives in order to build a new rocket manufacturing complex very close to the Kennedy Space Centre. Competing for these financial incentives in secret under the name ‘Project Panther’, Blue Origin’s plans for…

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