Blue Origin, the space company backed by Jeff Bezos, hired a new chief executive as it pushes to start flying to orbit and catch up with SpaceX.
Dave Limp, a longtime executive at Amazon.com, will join Blue Origin as CEO in early December, according to an email Bezos sent to staff Monday. He will take over for the company’s current top leader, Bob Smith, who will leave in early January.
Blue Origin was founded by Bezos almost 25 years ago, but it has fallen behind Elon Musk’s SpaceX in terms of launching missions into orbit. While the company has created several divisions, it hasn’t yet conducted an orbital mission.
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