Alex Omenye
Blue Origin, a firm that specializes in rocket construction, is looking to broaden its international reach by purchasing a new international launch site.
According to Financial Times, Blue Origin would like to expand its operations outside of the United States by acquiring a new launching site abroad and is currently searching for partnerships notably in Europe but also in other parts of the world.
“We’re looking for anything we can do to acquire, to scale up to better serve our customers,” CEO Blue Origin, Bob Smith, said.
“It’s not a function of size — rather how much it accelerates our road map of what we’re trying to get done.”
The acquisition of Honeybee Robotics by Blue Origins, based in New York, last year seems to have been a success: The firm specializing in space robotics was a member of the Blue Origin team that just awarded $3.4 billion to construct the lunar lander for NASA’s third Artemis mission.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Blue Origin’s main rival, is in charge of the first and second Artemis moon landings.
Despite being the first company to successfully launch, land, and reuse a rocket, Blue Origin has lagged behind its competitor due to delays in developing its launchers.
