Wanted at Blue Origin: an astronaut experience manager to ‘help delight customers’
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Jeff Bezos’ spaceflight company Blue Origin is inching ever closer to launching tourists into sub-orbital space. But before that happens, the venture wants to hire someone to make future trips to the vacuum a very high-class experience.
Blue Origin recently posted a job ad for an “Astronaut Experience Manager” on its website, a gig that’s unlike most you’ll find in the aerospace industry. Whoever is hired for the position will be less focused on the minutiae of engineering and more concentrated on creating a full, luxurious adventure for customers flying with the company.
“As the Astronaut Experience Manager you will work with a team that is creating a highly…