{"id":17792,"date":"2020-02-17T17:03:43","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T09:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-lays-out-ambitious-plan-for-rocket-engine-production-as-it-opens-alabama-factory\/"},"modified":"2020-02-17T17:03:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T09:03:43","slug":"blue-origin-lays-out-ambitious-plan-for-rocket-engine-production-as-it-opens-alabama-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-lays-out-ambitious-plan-for-rocket-engine-production-as-it-opens-alabama-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin lays out ambitious plan for rocket engine production as it opens Alabama factory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith wields a scissors alongside other VIPs during a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the company\u2019s rocket engine factory in Huntsville, Ala. (Blue Origin Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin space venture opened the doors of its engine factory in America\u2019s Rocket City today, and promised that next-generation BE-4 engines would be rolling off the production line within a few months.<\/p>\n

It was up to Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith to cut the ribbon on the company\u2019s 350,000-square-foot, $200 million factory in Huntsville, Ala., where rocket engines for America\u2019s space effort have been developed since the days of Wernher von Braun.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be prouder to call this our home for engine production,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n

The very first BE-4 engines are being made at Blue Origin\u2019s headquarters in Kent, Wash., however. Tooling equipment still has to be set up on the factory floor in Huntsville, and it\u2019ll take until this summer to get the production line up to speed.<\/p>\n