Blue Origin and SERA are creating ‘a space agency for everyone’ with a reality-style competition and TV series
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An aerospace entrepreneur and film producer have teamed on a spaceflight and media company to empower future astronauts and researchers from marginalized nations through a competition, STEM guidance, and docuseries.
When the fledgling Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) sent Victor Correa Hespanha into suborbital space with Blue Origin’s NS-21 mission two years ago, it hoped to spark more interest in STEM education in a country not known for its space industry. What no one expected was the level of excitement it generated. The 28-year-old civil engineer spent two weeks as the most famous person in Brazil, behind football star Neymar Júnior.