SPACEX SECOND LIFE: MANKIND’S REACH FOR THE COSMOS – JOSH (THOMAS1 BELLIC) REPORTING

 The other day as I wandered the Grid, looking for interesting topics to bring our SL Readers, I happened upon a resident named Neuralinks.  As luck would have it, it was only about 15 minutes before the launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, of the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission to orbit the earth.  She directed me to a link with the live feed of the launch. I was transfixed. You see, on February 20, 1962, Astronaut John Glenn made history...

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You are Invited to World Space Week 2021: Oct. 4-10

You are cordially invited to events celebrating World Space Week 2021, October 4th through the 10th, sponsored by the National Space Society in SL, the International Spaceflight Museum, and SpaceX in SL.World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contributions to the betterment of the human condition. The United Nations General Assembly declared in 1999 that World Space Week will be held each year from October...

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Space Remembrance Day- January 31, 2015 3-5pm SLT

We will begin with a discussion of NASA's Astronaut Remembrance Day and the tragedies that brought it about (Apollo 1, Challenger, Columbia). Then we'll broaden our perspective to include others who have lost their lives to our dreams of space, such as ground crew, test pilots, commercial ventures and such.   The recent Virgin Galactic loss of life, and what that means for commercial space will be discussed, and how all of the risks...

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