From The Trussville Tribune staff reports
HUNTSVILLE — Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, a company that produces rockets and is looking to get into private space travel, is breaking ground on a new plant in Huntsville on Friday.
The factory will produce a Blue Origin’s BE-4 engine. This engine will be the power plant for a couple of rocket ships, including Blue Origin’s proposed next-gen New Glenn rocket, according to WVTM.
The BE-4 engine uses combustion principles with liquefied natural gas serving as fuel and liquid oxygen as the oxidizer.
WVTM reported that the factory will employee around 340 individuals and cost approximately $200 million to construct.