{"id":248080,"date":"2010-01-29T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T14:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/obama-to-direct-6-billion-toward-private-space-flight-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-29T09:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T14:47:00","slug":"obama-wants-bezos-branson-and-musk-to-put-people-in-space-%e2%80%93-not-nasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/248080","title":{"rendered":"Obama Wants Bezos, Branson And Musk To Put People In Space \u2013 Not NASA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/obama-to-direct-6-billion-toward-private-space-flight-2010-1\/loser-alliant-techsystems-inc-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/image\/4b62f4110000000000d5f015\/private-space-flight.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"private space flight\" \/><\/a>Obama will announce Monday that he wants to kill NASA&#8217;s Ares I rocket program and funnel its money (along with another $6 billion) into private space travel.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to  &ldquo;put NASA on a more sustainable and ambitious path to the future,&rdquo; an anonymous White House news cycle-shaper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/29\/science\/space\/29nasa.html?ref=us\">told the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is a nice lift for some West Coast-based entrepreneurs like Amazon cofounder Jeff Bezos and PayPal cofounder Elon Musk, who have put big money into starting private space travel companies.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/obama-to-direct-6-billion-toward-private-space-flight-2010-1\/loser-alliant-techsystems-inc-1\">Meet some more of today&#8217;s winners and losers &gt;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/obama-to-direct-6-billion-toward-private-space-flight-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/2008\/8\/elon-musk-s-spacex-fails-third-launch\">Elon Musk&#8217;s SpaceX Fails Third Launch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/abu-dhabi-makes-its-first-move-to-own-outer-space-2009-7\">Abu Dhabi Makes Its First Move To Own Outer Space<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/startups-in-space-2009-8\">Obama Wants To Privatize Space Travel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TMjOHmHKR4iiGzvxu_qhe1V4kNI\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TMjOHmHKR4iiGzvxu_qhe1V4kNI\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TMjOHmHKR4iiGzvxu_qhe1V4kNI\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/TMjOHmHKR4iiGzvxu_qhe1V4kNI\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=5DME-ccM2v8:JYc3ZqIvr4M:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=5DME-ccM2v8:JYc3ZqIvr4M:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=5DME-ccM2v8:JYc3ZqIvr4M:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=5DME-ccM2v8:JYc3ZqIvr4M:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=5DME-ccM2v8:JYc3ZqIvr4M:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=5DME-ccM2v8:JYc3ZqIvr4M:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=5DME-ccM2v8:JYc3ZqIvr4M:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=5DME-ccM2v8:JYc3ZqIvr4M:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/5DME-ccM2v8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obama will announce Monday that he wants to kill NASA&#8217;s Ares I rocket program and funnel its money (along with another $6 billion) into private space travel. 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