The company has not released details regarding the identities of the remaining two crew members but we’ll certainly be keeping our ear to the ground. The flight is scheduled to take off on Tuesday, October 12, at 9:30 AM EST from Blue Origin’s sprawling Launch Site One just outside of Van Horn, Texas. Chris Boshuizen, co-founder of Planet Labs and current partner at venture capital firm DCVC and Glen de Vries, co-founder of the clinical trial software company Medidata Solutions. One last story related to Blue Origin this week… the company announced the next two people that will take a ride on the New Shepard rocket: Dr. US Space Force awards $87.5M to Rocket Lab, SpaceX, Blue Origin, ULA for next-gen rocket testing Both Rocket Lab and Blue Origin will be able to compete for the next series of launch procurement contracts in 2024, and contracts like these are signs that the two companies are gearing up to do so. government under the Space Force’s National Security Space Launch program. SpaceX and ULA are already established launch providers for the U.S. Space Force has awarded a collective $87.5 million in funding to SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab and United Launch Alliance for projects related to next-gen rocket engine testing and upper-stage improvements - that includes Rocket Lab’s mysterious Neutron rocket and Blue Origin’s heavy-lift launch vehicle New Glenn. Space Force grants funds for next-gen rocket development “I feel like I’m fulfilling my job description as employee communications for the first time.” While Abrams confirmed that the FAA had not yet reached out to her, she said she would “very much welcome” that. “The FAA takes every safety allegation seriously.” The situation was made even more sticky when the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed to TechCrunch that “the agency is reviewing the information” in the essay. After the successful launch of New Shepard in July, in which Bezos and three others went to space during an 11-minute flight, the company intends to start welcoming more paying customers on flights. It’s hard to imagine how this essay could not affect Blue Origin’s bottom line. “I did my best, but I was Bob’s executive communicator and helped make him look good.” “I really felt like I had compromised my integrity at Blue Origin,” she said. The essay jointly composed by the employees paints a vivid picture of Blue Origin’s work culture as one marred by sexual harassment, in which professional disagreement is stifled, environmental concerns are left unaddressed and speed of execution takes precedence over human safety. The news couldn’t come at a worse time for the company, which is currently mired in a lawsuit against NASA over its decision to award a lunar lander contract to rival SpaceX. Jeff Bezos is back in the news this week, this time over allegations of a hostile work environment and a lack of focus on safety from 21 current and former employees of his space company, Blue Origin. Tips, opinions, criticism, thoughts? Email me at or find me on Twitter at Bezos’ labor woes I’ll be taking over the Max Q newsletter from Darrell Etherington for the next few months. First, an introduction: I’m Aria Alamalhodaei, the resident space and transportation reporter here at TechCrunch.
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