Lai, who joined the Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company in 2004 and was among its first 20 employees, is currently responsible for all next generation designs, upgrades and new product development for the New Shepard business.
A Winter Park couple set to fly on Blue Origin’s next New Shepard rocket launch to space found out who their new crewmate will be after Saturday Night Live’s Pete Davidson bowed out and the company delayed the mission until next week.
Blue Origin is going with one of its own as Pete Davidson s spaceflight replacement — Gary Lai, chief architect of New Shepard, the vehicle that will take him to the final frontier on March 29.