Blue Origin Names New CEO as Company Expands and Wins Major NASA Contract
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Longtime Amazon executive Dave Limp will take over as CEO of Jeff Bezos' rocket company Blue Origin, replacing Bob Smith.
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Smith led Blue Origin's transformation from an R&D company into a business nearing $10 billion in orders and over 10,000 employees.
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Blue Origin has developed reusable suborbital rockets and spacecraft for space tourism.
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The company is also developing orbital rockets to compete with SpaceX and engines for ULA's Vulcan rocket.
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In May, Blue Origin won a $3.5 billion NASA contract to develop a lunar lander for the Artemis program.