{"id":23107,"date":"2020-12-02T17:04:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T09:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/blue-origin-announces-first-board-of-advisors-with-nasa-and-defense-department-leadership\/"},"modified":"2020-12-02T17:04:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T09:04:11","slug":"blue-origin-announces-first-board-of-advisors-with-nasa-and-defense-department-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/blue-origin-announces-first-board-of-advisors-with-nasa-and-defense-department-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Origin announces first board of advisors with NASA and Defense Department leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1600\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=320&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=640&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1500&amp;quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-attachment-id=\"7301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/2020\/12\/01\/blue-origin-announces-creation-of-board-of-advisors\/e29fee5a-641e-4e0e-8a81-c79ed68a27bd\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1256\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"E29FEE5A-641E-4E0E-8A81-C79ED68A27BD\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/spaceexplored.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ninetofive\/dist\/images\/default-spaceexplored-related-guide.png?w=1024\"><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue Origin announced today that it is establishing a seven-person board of advisors consisting of some rather prestigious people. The board will serve the purpose of guiding the company on attaining easier and more efficient access to space in the long run.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-7296\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company released a statement on the subject today that reads, \u201cThe Board will provide strategic counsel on the company\u2019s mission to radically reduce the cost of access to space and the utilization of in-space resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blue Origin has not commented on why they chose the particular members that they did. However, something to note with these new board members is that most of them are former government officials. This will almost certainly be leveraged in the future to win more government business, where the real money is at.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the full list of members that will be on Blue Origins new advisory board:<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-7296',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kari A. Bingen \u2013 Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Charles Elachi \u2013 Former Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Dan Hastings \u2013 Aeronautics and Astronautics Department Head, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and former Chief Scientist, U.S. Air Force&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Major General Sue Mashiko, USAF (Ret.) \u2013 Former Deputy Director, National Reconnaissance Office<\/li>\n<li>Todd May \u2013 Senior Vice President, Space and Mission Solutions, KBR and former Director, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center<\/li>\n<li>Bill Smith \u2013 Former President, Primex Technologies Aerospace Division<\/li>\n<li>Heather Wilson \u2013 President, University of Texas at El Paso, former Secretary of the U.S. Air Force, and former Member, U.S. House of Representatives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Via <em>Blue Origin<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"enjoy-reading-space-explored\">Enjoy reading Space Explored?<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Origin announced today that it is establishing a seven-person board of advisors consisting of some rather prestigious people. 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