Amazon CEO’s spaceflight company Blue Origin hopes to have humans in space in the next year

The private space race is moving along at a breakneck pace with companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin setting monumental goals. Blue Origin has a newly announced target in mind that’s a big step for Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company.

Erika Wagner, Blue Origin Business Development Manager, spoke at the New Space Age Conference at MIT’s Sloan School of Management on March 11. It was there that she indicated Blue Origin’s goal for getting humans in space.

“We’re trying to get to our first human flights within the next year. That’s a laser focus for the team right now.”

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/03/18/bezos-space-company-humans-in-space/