Blue Origin Is Looking For Launch Sites Outside The US
Space company Blue Origin, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is looking for a site to build an international spaceport as it seeks to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
Blue Origin is also interested in new international partnerships and acquisitions, including Europe, Smith said. The company needs this to scale the provision of space services, the FT believes. Buying and collaborating with other companies could be a way to catch up with billionaire SpaceX rival Elon Musk, experts interviewed told the FT. Blue Origin was the first to successfully launch a rocket, return it to Earth and then reuse it, but now the company is lagging behind SpaceX.
In May 2023, Blue Origin awarded a $3.4 billion contract to NASA to develop a lander for a new mission to the Moon. The entire project is estimated at more than $ 7 billion, the rest of this amount will be covered by Blue Origin itself, wrote CNBC. NASA also signed a contract with SpaceX – also to create a lander. According to NASA, this will provide greater reliability and ensure the regularity of landings on the moon.
