Blue Origin reportedly announced that employee Gaile Lok will replace Pete Davidson on his next flight into space a few days after the comedian dropped out of the mission in uncertain circumstances.
The Chief Architect of Blue Origin’s “New Shepard” shuttle program will be the sixth crew member on the March 29 mission. This is the 20th in the history of the company.
“Gary Lai is best known as the designer of New Shepard systems, including leading a team responsible for the design and development of many of Crew Capsule’s key safety systems,” Blue Origin said in an announcement of the changes. increase.
Rye joins the other five previously announced crew members — investor Marty Allen. SpaceKids Global Founder Sharon Hagle; Her husband and Tricor International CEO Mark Hagle. Entrepreneur Jim Kitchen and Commercial Space Technologies President George Neild.
Blue Origin is an integral part of its business, “involved in product development, strategic planning, and business development for all Blue Origin product lines, including the New Glenn orbital rocket, rocket engine program, and Blue Moon. I have. “
Pete Davidson and Blue Origin have not yet publicly explained why he is no longer on the mission. Billionaire’s Jeff Bezos company has announced that comedians will no longer be attending, while at the same time announcing that the launch has been delayed by six days.