Jeff Bezos is taking his rocket firm to the following frontier: Child’s cartoons.
Blue Origin has partnered with Genius Manufacturers and SMAC Productions to develop and produce an animated series that’s meant to encourage future astronauts. Particulars of the present, named Blue Origins House Rangers, similar to the place it’ll air, haven’t but been introduced. (Amazon, it’s price noting, was not listed as a accomplice, although that doesn’t preclude the prospect the sequence will air on Amazon Prime.)
Bezos (who was on the company’s first flight last July), in addition to Good Morning America host Michael Strahan, who flew on a Blue Origin flight final December, will seem on the present. (Strahan is a accomplice in SMAC Productions.)
“Blue Origin House Rangers will characteristic junior astronauts and grownup leaders, who will dwell, create, and experiment collectively as they discover the infinite prospects of life in area,” stated Genius Manufacturers in an announcement. “With the mission to spark curiosity and encourage creativity amongst youngsters and households, the sequence will take audiences on a journey to discover the universe, science, new worlds, and maybe new beings.”
Michael Hirsh, who produced the unique Star Wars animation of Ewoks and droids, will co-produce the present.
Blue Origin has already turned heads, partially by who Bezos and firm have invited on board. Past Strahan, the corporate has taken William Shatner to the sting of area. Earlier this yr, although, it suffered its first major failure, aborting a launch of its (unmanned) suborbital New Shepard rocket shortly after takeoff in West Texas. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
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