US private spaceflight company Blue Origin has announced a timeframe for manned space launches in the coming years.
According to new information revealed by the company, the first such flights would begin sometime in 2017. Speaking during the first ever media tour of Blue Origin’s Kent HQ, CEO Jeff Bezos, who also founded Amazon, explained these new plans. “We’ll probably fly test pilots in 2017, and if we’re successful then I’d imagine putting paying astronauts…
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