{"id":19114,"date":"2017-01-05T21:53:02","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T13:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jeff-bezos-tweets-his-vote-of-support-for-constructing-a-superhighway-in-space\/"},"modified":"2017-01-05T21:53:02","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T13:53:02","slug":"jeff-bezos-tweets-his-vote-of-support-for-constructing-a-superhighway-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jeff-bezos-tweets-his-vote-of-support-for-constructing-a-superhighway-in-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos tweets his vote of support for constructing a \u2018superhighway in space\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_300990\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-300990\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full-width wp-image-300990\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170105-bezos-boyle-630x507.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Bezos and Alan Boyle\" width=\"630\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170105-bezos-boyle-630x507.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170105-bezos-boyle-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/170105-bezos-boyle-1240x997.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"caption-attachment-300990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blue Origin\u2019s Jeff Bezos chats with GeekWire\u2019s Alan Boyle at the 2016 Space Symposium in Colorado, with a picture of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard passenger capsule displayed in the background. (Tom Kimmell Photography \/ Courtesy of the Space Foundation)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What should Donald Trump have NASA do? Today Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos voiced his support for the idea that the space agency should help build a \u201chighway in the sky\u201d analogous to the interstate highway system that President Dwight Eisenhower ramped up in the 1950s.<\/p>\n<p>The backing came in the form of an eight-word tweet, accompanied by a link to an article by Howard Bloom appearing in Salon (and as a guest blog posting on Scientific American\u2019s website as well).<\/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=817088724840239105&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2017%2Fsuperhighway-space-jeff-bezos-twitter%2F&amp;sessionId=0b3af8d0e423972222cb9ba628f849f8bb54dbaf&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"817088724840239105\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1782803618142527757=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I agree we need a superhighway in space. https:\/\/t.co\/iEVk7nP3aA<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) January 5, 2017<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bloom, who made a name for himself as a music industry publicist in the \u201970s and \u201980s, is now an advocate for space commercialization and the founder of the Space Development Sterring Committee.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s rare that Bezos tweets at all, but Bloom\u2019s&nbsp;posting \u2013 and Bezos\u2019 endorsement \u2013 are notable for several other reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bloom argues that, under Trump, NASA should \u201cget out of the rocket business\u201d and focus on elements of space infrastructure such as in-space refueling depots, space habitats, off-world fuel and oxygen production facilities and space tugs.<\/li>\n<li>Bloom wants to see NASA scrap its heavy-lift Space Launch System, and turn instead to commercial rocket providers such as SpaceX and Bezos\u2019 own rocket venture, Blue Origin.<\/li>\n<li>Bezos has voiced an interest in building space infrastructure several times over the past couple of years&nbsp;\u2013 most notably last October, when he compared the task to the groundwork that gave rise to Amazon.com in the 1990s. \u201cI\u2019m using my Amazon winnings to do a new piece of heavy-lifting infrastructure,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<li>Bezos and other tech industry leaders took part in a summit meeting with Trump last month, and afterward the Amazon CEO said he \u201cshared the view that the administration should make innovation one of its key pillars, which would create a huge number of jobs across the whole country, in all sectors, not just tech \u2014 agriculture, infrastructure, manufacturing \u2014 everywhere.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The Trump transition team is still in flux when it comes to space policy, but last week The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., appears to be the leading candidate to become NASA\u2019s administrator. Bridenstine, a former fighter pilot (and rocket racer), is a strong proponent of commercializing space operations and putting a permanent base on the moon.<\/li>\n<li>Bezos has hinted that Blue Origin is working on a heavy-lift rocket that\u2019s capable of taking on moon missions, dubbed New Armstrong. And yes, it\u2019s named after the late Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot on the lunar surface.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What does all this add up to? Maybe not much more than eight words \u2013 or maybe a whole new perspective on NASA\u2019s human spaceflight program. Let\u2019s see what happens once the new administration fills out its space policy team, which will most likely be led by Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin\u2019s Jeff Bezos chats with GeekWire\u2019s Alan Boyle at the 2016 Space Symposium in Colorado, with a picture of Blue Origin\u2019s New Shepard passenger capsule displayed in the background. (Tom Kimmell Photography \/ Courtesy of the Space Foundation) What should Donald Trump have NASA do? 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