Firma stara się adaptować do trudnej sytuacji pandemicznejBlue Origin pressing on with rocket and engine development as industry copes with coronavirusby Sandra Erwin — March 17, 2020
CEO Bob Smith: The response to this crisis is fast moving and shifts from day to day.WASHINGTON — As the coronavirus outbreak continues to shake up every sector of the U.S. economy, including the space industry, Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith says the company so far has been able to continue on with the development of its space vehicles and engines.
The response to this crisis is fast moving and shifts from day to day, Smith told SpaceNews March 16. The company is headquartered in Kent, Washington, near one of the epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak. Blue Origin weeks ago stood up a task force to lead response efforts.
“We meet with our task force every day,” Smith said. “It’s a changing environment, and we make adjustments and continue to operate,” he said. “We’re just trying to respond to the changing environment.”
Even tough travel is highly restricted and most employees are teleworking, Smith said Blue Origin plans to continue to conduct test flights of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle that last flew in December.
The company has said the goal is to start flying people to the edge of space as early as 2020. (...)
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