Blue Origin still ‘plan A’ for next Nasa mission despite rocket explosion

The spaceflight company has a key role to play from the outset in ambitious plans to eventually establish a moon base.

Head of Nasa, Jared Isaacman said Amazon businessman, Jeff Bezos has made “great progress” on plans to establish a moon base since May. Picture: Mario Tama.

Nasa has said Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket is still part of “plan A” in the drive to put people back on the Moon, despite the recent massive launchpad explosion.

Space agency chief, Jared Isaacman said the company founded by the billionaire Amazon businessman had made “great progress” since the May setback and signalled it would be mid-2027 before he would start “getting nervous”, but pointed out alternatives were being looked at.