Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Wants to Build a Commercial Space Station with Boeing -- Barrons.com
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Wants to Build a Commercial Space Station with Boeing -- Barrons.com
By Jack Denton
Blue Origin, the commercial space venture created by Amazon (ticker: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, wants to build a commercial space station with partners including Boeing by the second half of this decade.
A venture with aerospace technology company Sierra Space and backed by partners including Boeing (BOE) and Arizona State University, "Orbital Reef" is designed to be a commercially-developed and -operated space station in low Earth orbit.
Described as a "mixed use business park in space," the station plans to offer commercial, research, and tourism customers a range of services including space transportation, logistics, habitation, equipment, and crew.
"Orbital Reef will provide the essential infrastructure needed to scale economic activity and open new markets in space," Blue Origin and Sierra Space said in a statement Monday.
John Mulholland, a vice president at Boeing and program manager for the International Space Station, said that "this project does not duplicate the immensely successful and enduring ISS, but rather goes a step further to fulfill a unique position in low Earth orbit where it can serve a diverse array of companies and host non-specialist crews."
Orbital Reef marks just the latest development in the billionaire-driven private sector race to space. Alongside Bezos' Blue Origin, Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's Space X and Virgin Galactic (SPCE) -- founded by Richard Branson -- are building out commercial spaceflight capabilities.
In September, Space X said its Inspiration4 mission was the first space flight to orbit Earth not staffed by a government-backed crew.
By Jack Denton
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Blue Origin, the commercial space venture created by Amazon (ticker: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, wants to build a commercial space station with partners including Boeing by the second half of this decade.
由亞馬遜(股票代碼:AMZN)創始人傑夫·貝佐斯創建的商業太空企業Blue Origin希望在本十年的後五年與包括波音公司在內的合作伙伴建立一個商業空間站。
A venture with aerospace technology company Sierra Space and backed by partners including Boeing (BOE) and Arizona State University, "Orbital Reef" is designed to be a commercially-developed and -operated space station in low Earth orbit.
“軌道礁”是與航空航天技術公司塞拉空間(Sierra Space)的合資企業,得到了波音(Boeing)和亞利桑那州立大學(Arizona State University)等合作伙伴的支持,旨在成為一個商業開發和運營的近地軌道空間站。
Described as a "mixed use business park in space," the station plans to offer commercial, research, and tourism customers a range of services including space transportation, logistics, habitation, equipment, and crew.
空間站被描述為“太空混合用途商業園”,計劃為商業、研究和旅遊客户提供一系列服務,包括太空運輸、物流、居住、設備和機組人員。
"Orbital Reef will provide the essential infrastructure needed to scale economic activity and open new markets in space," Blue Origin and Sierra Space said in a statement Monday.
藍色起源和塞拉利昂空間公司週一在一份聲明中表示:“軌道礁將提供擴大經濟活動和打開太空新市場所需的必要基礎設施。”
John Mulholland, a vice president at Boeing and program manager for the International Space Station, said that "this project does not duplicate the immensely successful and enduring ISS, but rather goes a step further to fulfill a unique position in low Earth orbit where it can serve a diverse array of companies and host non-specialist crews."
波音公司副總裁、國際空間站(International Space Station)項目經理約翰·穆赫蘭(John Mulholland)説,“這個項目不是在複製非常成功和持久的國際空間站,而是更進一步,在近地軌道上實現一個獨特的位置,在那裏它可以為各種各樣的公司服務,並接待非專業人員。”
Orbital Reef marks just the latest development in the billionaire-driven private sector race to space. Alongside Bezos' Blue Origin, Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk's Space X and Virgin Galactic (SPCE) -- founded by Richard Branson -- are building out commercial spaceflight capabilities.
軌道礁標誌着億萬富翁推動的私營部門太空競賽的最新進展。除了貝佐斯的藍色起源(Blue Origin),特斯拉(Tesla)首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克的Space X和理查德·布蘭森創立的維珍銀河(Virgin Galaxy)也在打造商業航天能力。
In September, Space X said its Inspiration4 mission was the first space flight to orbit Earth not staffed by a government-backed crew.
9月份,Space X表示,它的Inspiration4任務是第一次繞地球飛行,沒有政府支持的機組人員。
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