Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith Stepping Aside

Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith (black hat) walks with Jeff Bezos

Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith (black hat) walks with Jeff Bezos after his flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard into space in July 2021.

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Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith announced he will step aside in December, paving the way for former Amazon executive David Limp, who had been overseeing development of the multibillion-dollar Kuiper satellite broadband program, to take charge of Jeff Bezos’s space company. During Smith’s six-year tenure...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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