The letter also made claims of a culture of sexism, harassment, and intolerance to dissent at Blue Origin. None of those coauthors were named, but CBS News has spoken with five of them. She published the essay on the website Lioness on Thursday but said that 20 other current and former Blue Origin employees cowrote it. The only named author on the letter is Alexandra Abrams, who used to head Blue Origin's employee communications.

But the new letter says that Blue Origin's leadership has ignored employees' safety concerns in favor of 'making progress for Jeff' and accelerating New Shepard's launch schedule. Since that flight, Blue Origin has opened ticket sales, and four customers are scheduled to launch on October 12. Jeff Bezos, who founded the company in 2000, launched to the edge of space aboard its New Shepard rocket in July.

In a scalding open letter, a group of current and former Blue Origin employees said they would not fly aboard the company's rocket because they don't think it's safe enough. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.

Blue origin linkedin