![]() ![]() ![]() So here's the inside story on the factory that allowed Blue Origin to make history last year by launching the first rocket that flew into space and subsequently landed safely back on Earth. He has thought about building rockets and flying into space since he was five years old, so he started this day accordingly. “Alright, are you guys ready to have some fun?” he asked.īezos spent the better part of three hours showing us around Blue Origin’s headquarters, from the full-size replica of Jules Verne’s Victorian-era spacecraft to the company’s football-field sized machining rooms and rocket bays. But his passion lies above in the night sky. And then Jeff Bezos, as casual as you please in a blue and white checkered shirt and designer jeans, strolled into the room.īezos may be better known for upending the retail world with Amazon and making himself the fifth richest person in the world along the way. For years, this had been undiscovered country for journalists. Ten of us had come at the company’s invitation to see for the first time, first hand, where Blue Origin builds its spaceships and rockets. KENT, Wash.-Notebooks in hand, we gathered around a long table inside Jupiter 2, a conference room on the second floor of Blue Origin’s headquarters. ![]()
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