{"id":6640,"date":"2021-11-22T13:08:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T13:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6640"},"modified":"2021-11-22T13:08:15","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T13:08:15","slug":"jeff-bezos-wants-a-low-orbit-office-park-to-replace-the-iss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=6640","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos wants a low-orbit office park to replace the ISS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“After more than two decades in orbit, NASA is preparing to retire the International Space Station. The habitable satellite only has permission to operate until 2024, and while it\u2019s likely that the space station\u2019s funding could be extended until 2028<\/a>, NASA plans to decommission the ISS and find a replacement by the end of the decade. Cue Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The billionaire\u2019s spaceflight company, Blue Origin, has released its proposal for a new, commercial space station<\/a> called Orbital Reef. With the help of several other companies, including Sierra Space and Boeing, Blue Origin plans to build a satellite that\u2019s slightly smaller<\/a> than the ISS and houses up to 10 people. The design includes desk space, computers, laboratories, a garden, and 3D printers. The goal, the company says, is to bring the \u201cmixed use business park<\/a>\u201d concept into orbit and lease out office space to interested parties, including government agencies, researchers, tourism companies<\/a>, and even movie production crews<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“NASA doesn\u2019t mind the corporate takeover of low-Earth orbit. The agency\u2019s first space station, SkyLab, was only in orbit for a few months<\/a> before NASA let the vehicle descend and decompose into the atmosphere.The space agency has been weighing defunding the ISS<\/a>, which is full of aging hardware, for several years, and has already set asideup to $400 million to fund new, privately built and operated space stations through its Commercial LEO Destinations<\/a> program. Eventually, NASA hopes that it can send its astronauts to these stations instead of paying to maintain the ISS. Overall, the plan could save the government more than $1 billion every year<\/a>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“”Having these commercial space stations will be a way of America keeping their foot in low-Earth orbit while focusing more of their resources on moon and Mars exploration.””<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Blue Origin isn\u2019t the only company vying to replace the ISS. About 12 other firms have already sent space station proposals to NASA\u2019s Commercial LEO Destinations program.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“For NASA, it\u2019s also critical that at least one of these companies succeeds, and the agency told Recode it could fund up to four of the proposals.After all, time is running out on the ISS, where malfunctions<\/a> and outdated technology and equipment<\/a> are common.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2021\/10\/27\/22747509\/blue-origin-orbital-reef-office-park-bezos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“After more than two decades in orbit, NASA is preparing to retire the International Space Station. The habitable satellite only has permission to operate until 2024, and while it\u2019s likely that the space station\u2019s funding could be extended until 2028, NASA plans to decommission the ISS and find a replacement by the end of the decade. Cue Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n

The billionaire\u2019s spaceflight company, Blue Origin, has released its proposal for a new, commercial space station called Orbital Reef. With the help of several other companies, including Sierra Space and Boeing, Blue Origin plans to build a satellite that\u2019s slightly smaller than the ISS and houses up to 10 people. The design includes desk space, computers, laboratories, a garden, and 3D printers. The goal, the company says, is to bring the \u201cmixed use business park\u201d concept into orbit and lease out office space to interested parties, including government agencies, researchers, tourism companies, and even movie production crews.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“NASA doesn\u2019t mind the corporate takeover of low-Earth orbit. The agency\u2019s first space station, SkyLab, was only in orbit for a few months before NASA let the vehicle descend and decompose into the atmosphere. The space agency has been weighing defunding the ISS, which is full of aging hardware, for several years, and has already set aside up to $400 million to fund new, privately built and operated space stations through its Commercial LEO Destinations program. Eventually, NASA hopes that it can send its astronauts to these stations instead of paying to maintain the ISS. Overall, the plan could save the government more than $1 billion every year.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“”Having these commercial space stations will be a way of America keeping their foot in low-Earth orbit while focusing more of their resources on moon and Mars exploration.””<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“Blue Origin isn\u2019t the only company vying to replace the ISS. About 12 other firms have already sent space station proposals to NASA\u2019s Commercial LEO Destinations program.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“For NASA, it\u2019s also critical that at least one of these companies succeeds, and the agency told Recode it could fund up to four of the proposals. After all, time is running out on the ISS, where malfunctions and outdated technology and equipment are common.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1264,1446,955,1447,954],"class_list":["post-6640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-companies","tag-international-space-station","tag-nasa","tag-private","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6640"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6641,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6640\/revisions\/6641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}