Completion of the space station, which has been named Orbital Reef, is scheduled for 2025-2030.
For over sixty years, NASA and othersspace agencies developed orbital space travel and space housing, preparing us for commercial business. It will be launched this decade.
Brent Sherwood, Senior Vice President, Advanced Development Programs, Blue Origin
As Blue Origin said, the station willfunction as a “mixed-use business park”: it will accommodate researchers, space tourists, businessmen and other clients of the company. In total, up to ten people can be present at the station at the same time.
The habitable area inside Orbital Reef will be roughly equal to that of the International Space Station.
Blue Origin claims to be equipping the station with the necessary living, scientific and multi-functional modules.
Announcing #OrbitalReef – a commercialspace station transforming human space travel and opening access to new markets. Our team developing the premier commercial destination in low Earth orbit: @BlueOrigin @SierraSpaceCo @BoeingSpace @RedwireSpace @ASU https://t.co/PP4wxrfkF3 pic.twitter.com/qJDdYg7BSv
— Orbital Reef (@OrbitalReef) October 25, 2021
Boeing, Sierra Space, Redwire Space and Genesis Engineering are the main partners of Blue Origin in the creation of the new station.
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