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Blue Origin is lay off 10 % of its manpower , according toReuters , just one month after the successful first launch of its New Glenn mega - roquette . The companyreportedlyhas more than 10,000 employees , mean the cutting off could affect around 1,000 mass .

chief executive officer Dave Limp told employees in an all - hands meeting Thursday morning the caller is not “ set up for the kind of succeeder that we really wanted to have , ” which he enjoin was a “ painful conclusion,”accordingto Reuters reporter Joey Roulette . The society did not at once react to a request for comment .

Limptook overas Blue Origin CEO in 2023 , after take to the woods Amazon ’s devices and service division for more than a tenner . Prior to Limp use up over that role , Blue Origin — and the New Glenn program in particular — wasmoving slowly and was beset with wait , all while SpaceX bolt up the market for set up thing and people into outer space .

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