Blue Origin To Build Orbital “Mixed Use Business Park”

The Hill reports:

Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin on Monday announced plans to build a commercial space station for business and travel in low-Earth orbit. Blue Origin said it is working with Boeing and Sierra Space on a commercially developed, owned and operated space station known as “Orbital Reef.”

The company said the space station will be operated as a “mixed use business park” and is aiming to launch the station in the second half of the decade.

“Seasoned space agencies, high-tech consortia, sovereign nations without space programs, media and travel companies, funded entrepreneurs and sponsored inventors, and future-minded investors all have a place on Orbital Reef,” the companies said.

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