{"id":19012,"date":"2017-04-04T00:49:46","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T16:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/space-geeks-get-up-close-look-at-blue-origins-rocket-ship-and-try-out-the-seats\/"},"modified":"2017-04-04T00:49:46","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T16:49:46","slug":"space-geeks-get-up-close-look-at-blue-origins-rocket-ship-and-try-out-the-seats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/space-geeks-get-up-close-look-at-blue-origins-rocket-ship-and-try-out-the-seats\/","title":{"rendered":"Space geeks get up-close look at Blue Origin\u2019s rocket ship (and try out the seats)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A crane hoists Blue Origin\u2019s space-flown New Shepard booster into position at the Space Symposium in Colorado. (Ariane Cornell Photo via Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard suborbital spaceship is continuing its farewell tour this week with a stopover at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., and there\u2019s even a mockup of the crew capsule for would-be space tourists to sit in.<\/p>\n

The Seattle area\u2019s best-known space company, founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos back in 2000, is making a splash by erecting the slightly toasted rocket booster near the Colorado conference\u2019s hottest hot spot, the Broadmoor Hotel.<\/p>\n

Tweets tell the story, starting with a snapshot of Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson and Ariane Cornell, who\u2019s on the company\u2019s strategy and business development team:<\/p>\n