FASTER, PLEASE: Blue Origin Still Holding Off On New Shepard Ticket Sales. “Blue Origin expects to start flying people on its New Shepard suborbital vehicle early this year, but has yet to start selling tickets or even establish a ticket price for future commercial flights. In a panel discussion at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics SciTech Forum in San Diego Jan. 8, Ariane Cornell, head of astronaut strategy and sales at Blue Origin, said the company is eager to start flying people on New Shepard but that it places a greater emphasis on safety over schedule.”

Well, nothing wrong with that, but you’d think pricing wouldn’t have to wait.