On September 30, 21 current and former employees of Blue Origin, the aerospace manufacturing company founded by Jeff Bezos, published an open letter about the company’s toxic culture and work environment. In response to the letter, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it would “review safety concerns” that individuals pointed to in the letter, specifically regarding the craft New Shephard.
On December 10, the FAA announced that it “found no safety issues” after investigating the whistleblowers’ allegations about the New Shepard. However, emails sent by FAA investigators and obtained by CNN Business show that the investigation was hindered by the lack of whistleblower protections for “employees of commercial space companies.”
In the letter from 21 current and former Blue Origin employees, which was spearheaded by Alexandra Abrams, formerly the Head of Blue Origin Employee Communications, the whistleblowers allege that the culture at the company was toxic and left little room for internal questioning and dissent. The signers of the letter represent current and former employees “on the New Shepard, New Glenn, Blue Engines, Advanced Development Programs, Test & Flight Operations, and Human Resources teams.”
“We are a group of 21 former and current employees of Blue Origin. Many of us have spent our careers dreaming of helping to launch a crewed rocket into space and seeing it safely touch back down on Earth. But when Jeff Bezos...
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