What is slowing down Jeff Bezos’ enormous rocket?

The vehicle central to Jeff Bezos’ plans to expand human life into the solar system has been delayed for a second year, and it’s not clear why. Blue Origin, the space company Bezos founded in 1999 after Amazon went public, said in a post on its website yesterday that the first flight of the New Glenn rocket would not take place until the last quarter of 2022. The enormous New Glenn would be the first Blue Origin rocket capable of flying into orbit to launch satellites or transport astronauts, two capabilities the company currently lacks.