{"id":17954,"date":"2019-08-29T19:34:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/theyre-so-inspiring-jeff-bezos-touts-blue-origins-space-postcard-campaign-for-kids\/"},"modified":"2019-08-29T19:34:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:34:05","slug":"theyre-so-inspiring-jeff-bezos-touts-blue-origins-space-postcard-campaign-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/theyre-so-inspiring-jeff-bezos-touts-blue-origins-space-postcard-campaign-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They\u2019re so inspiring\u2019: Jeff Bezos touts Blue Origin\u2019s space postcard campaign for kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_518386\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-518386\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-518386\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190829-bezos-club-630x505.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190829-bezos-club-630x505.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190829-bezos-club-768x616.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190829-bezos-club-1260x1011.jpg 1260w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/190829-bezos-club.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-518386\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, checks out some of the postcards submitted for spaceflight as part of his nonprofit Club for the Future campaign. (Jeff Bezos via Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled a mockup of Blue Origin\u2019s Blue Moon lunar lander in May, he also unveiled a more down-to-earth enterprise: the Club for the Future, a nonprofit effort aimed at promoting science education through fun space-oriented projects.<\/p>\n<p>Its first project? A campaign to solicit postcards that would be flown into space aboard Blue Origin\u2019s suborbital New Shepard rocket, and then sent back to the kids who submitted them.<\/p>\n<p>Today in a tweet, Bezos says thousands have responded so far:<\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1167125742401941504&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2019%2Ftheyre-inspiring-jeff-bezos-touts-blue-origins-space-postcard-campaign-kids%2F&amp;sessionId=4bc571de8eee00894131a0ad9a70a0714f67cfce&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1167125742401941504\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782800136055219237=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.@BlueOrigin founded nonprofit @clubforfuture to inspire youth to pursue careers in #STEM + visualize life in space. We asked students to send postcards w\/their dreams and we\u2019d send the cards above the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n line to space and back. We\u2019ve received thousands \u2013 they\u2019re so inspiring pic.twitter.com\/5fxHoD8DJm<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) August 29, 2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bezos went into a bit more detail in a parallel Instagram posting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve received thousands of postcards from 22 countries \u2014 and more come in every day,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI\u2019ve seen the messages and they are so hopeful and inspiring. We are in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the students have clearly read up on Bezos\u2019 vision of the future: One of the sketches that the world\u2019s richest person passed along lays out a roadmap for \u201cSpace 2319,\u201d including drawings of New Shepard, Blue Origin\u2019s orbital-class New Glenn rocket and an example of the self-contained, cylindrical O\u2019Neill space colonies that Bezos likes so much as a future home for humans.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not too late to send in a card and join the Club for the Future: The \u201cSpace Mail\u201d program is geared toward students from kindergarten to 12th grade. Kids can draw or write up their vision for having millions of people living and working in space on the back of a postcard, put their name and address (plus a postage stamp) on the front, slip the card into a stamped envelope and send it to Club for the Future, P.O. Box 5759, Kent, WA 98064.<\/p>\n<p>The first 10,000 postcards to be sent in will be considered for flight on a future New Shepard mission. Deadline for submission is Sept. 30. Review the full terms and conditions to make sure your card fits the specifications.<\/p>\n<p>You can also sign up for the Club for the Future via the venture\u2019s website \u2014 whether you\u2019re a student, a parent or a teacher. As far as I can tell, joining the club doesn\u2019t increase your chances of being chosen for a future suborbital spaceflight. But you don\u2019t have to be a kid to dream, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, checks out some of the postcards submitted for spaceflight as part of his nonprofit Club for the Future campaign. 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