by SpaceJace | Jul 27, 2014 | News
The Everyday Space Traveler featured at Mindshare L.A.’s “Outer Space / Inner Space” event.
Jason Klassi participates in Mindshare L.A.’s event “Outer Space / Inner Space” on June 25th at the futuristic Cross Campus facility. Copies of his award-winning book The Everyday Space Traveler were featured.
The evening started when Doug Campbell, co-founder of Mindshare L.A., brilliantly MC’d the illuminating event with a relevant opening homage to Isaac Newton.
Presenters included Liana Bandziulis, a journalist with WIRED Magazine speaking about Data Mining YOUR World, Seth Dorfman, a Postdoctoral Scientist from UCLA asking Why Plasmas Are “Hot Stuff” and Ashley Booth, an Oceanographer exploring the inner space of Altering Consciousness and Perception.
Cross Campus is an engine of creativity and innovation, housed at their state-of–the-art space in the heart of Santa Monica with a goal to inspire creative collisions through space design, learning platforms, and extraordinary events, fostering member-driven collaboration that ultimately leads to game changing ideas and enterprises.
For more event images go to Mindshare’s Facebook page.
Image Caption: Jason Klassi at Mindshare L.A.’s “Outer Space / Inner Space” event featuring his award-winning book The Everyday Space Traveler with a foreword by Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin.
by SpaceJace | Jan 10, 2014 | News
Explore the latest photos of Saturn and it’s moons from NASA’s Cassini Orbiter.
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Earth and Moon seen from Saturn’s Rings by the Cassini spacecraft on July 19, 2013. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science l
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In this rare image taken on July 19, 2013, Cassini’s wide angle camera has captured Saturn’s rings and our planet Earth and its moon in the same frame.
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Saturn’s Rings, Titan and Enceladus
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus hangs below the gas giant’s rings while Titan lurks in the background, in this new image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on March 12, 2012.
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The characteristic hexagonal shape of Saturn’s northern jet – stream.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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.The unique six-sided jet stream at Saturn’s north pole known as “the hexagon.
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by SpaceJace | Jul 1, 2013 | News
The Everyday Space Traveler honored with “Book of the Year” Award
The Everyday Space Traveler was recently honored with a Book of the Year Award from Foreword Reviews. That makes 3 awards this year.
Nautilus “GRAND PRIZE” Book Award
The Everyday Space Traveler also won the Nautilus Grand Prize for Young Adult Non-Fiction and was voted one of three “Best-In-Show”. We are honored to be among the winners of Nautilus’ Better Books for a Better World. Nautilusbookawards.com
Benjamin Franklin Award
The Everyday Space Traveler was also awarded the Silver Medal in the Benjamin Franklin Awards from the Independent Book Publisher’s Association. Named in honor of America’s most cherished publisher/printer, the Benjamin Franklin Award™ recognizes excellence in independent publishing. We congratulate Gold Medal Winner Jean-Michel Cousteau and Ocean Publishing.
by SpaceJace | Jun 4, 2013 | News
The EVERYDAY SPACE TRAVELER
Wins a Nautilus “GRAND PRIZE” Book Award
“The Everyday Space Traveler” won the Nautilus Grand Prize for Young Adult Non-Fiction. Written by Jason Klassi with a foreword by Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin, the book was voted one of three “Best-In-Show”.
Book of the Year Award
The Everyday Space Traveler is also a finalist for the Book of the Year Award from Foreword Reviews in three categories: Science, Adventure Travel and Young Adult Nonfiction.
Benjamin Franklin Award
“The Everyday Space Traveler” was also awarded the Silver Medal in the Benjamin Franklin Awards from the Independent Book Publisher’s Association. Named in honor of America’s most cherished publisher/printer, the Benjamin Franklin Award™ recognizes excellence in independent publishing. We congratulate Gold Medal Winner Jean-Michel Cousteau and Ocean Publishing.
by SpaceJace | Nov 24, 2012 | News
The Everyday Space Traveler, with foreword by Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, is now available at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles and the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Buzz Aldrin says “The Everyday Space Traveler is the first book that brings pace travel down to Earth and makes these profound insights available to us all.”
John Spencer, founder of the Space Tourism Society says “[Jason] truly hits a cord with people getting deep down into the “why” we explore and “what” does it mean to be an explorer. [He] takes us to a higher level and we are all the better for it.”
The Everyday Space Traveler is also available in both hardcover and ebook formats at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and iTunes. Visit these website to “Look inside” and see some of the book’s spectacular full color images, the beauty of the cosmos and the secrets of the universe inside yourself.
Like the astronauts, you too can discover timeless secrets of the universe that have taken earthbound humans millennia to understand. Join the voyagers of EXPEDiTiON LiFEPOiNT as The Everyday Space Traveler takes you on a virtual voyage to Mars. Experience aspects of space travel right here on Earth and change your life forever.
With so many people wanting to travel in space – to experience its weightlessness and to gaze back at the majesty of our home planet spinning among the stars – space tourism is a real and burgeoning industry.
Passenger spaceships are being built right now by such visionary entrepreneurs as Virgin Airlines’ Richard Branson and Amazon’s Jeff Bezos. More and more people – from celebrities to schoolteachers – are booking a coveted seat for the chance to infuse some cosmic sense into their everyday lives.
The Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles (top) and the American Museum of Natural History in New York (bottom).
Space Travel: It’s not just for astronauts anymore.
Don’t wait to embark on your first space adventure. Experience the cosmos now – using this book as your private spaceship. Strap in, take off and open yourself to an epic journey that will leave you empowered, inspired and forever transformed.
Get ready to discover: 9 profound insights from space travel that will enhance your life on this planet:
- Exhilarating space-travel experiences you can have right here on Earth
- Enlightening tips for better navigating your daily life
- A practical plan for your own real-life space journey
- The awe-inspiring, life-changing visual beauty of space
- and so much more
The Everyday Space Traveler
Discover 9 Life-Affirming Insights into the Wonders of Inner and Outer Space
by Jason Klassi, Foreword by Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 moonwalker
