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.
Source: www.barrons.com
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