Amazon.com Inc. Chairman Jeff Bezos, renowned for keeping quiet about strategic goals for his fledgling space company Blue Origin LLC, on Monday reversed course by disclosing plans for a giant, reusable rocket—named after iconic 1960s astronaut John Glenn—and powerful enough to blast people as well as satellites into high-Earth orbit. The New Glenn rocket would feature a cluster of seven main engines and stand more than 310 feet tall. If it flies by the end of the decade as intended, the largest version of the proposed...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 12, 2016 23:04 UTC