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Check out “The Future is Short”. I was honored to have written the foreword to this outstanding anthology of short stories from a select group of authors and visionaries. From the stories of space travel I’ve heard from the mouths of real astronauts, our future will be everything we can ever imagine. With “The Future is Short”, now we can… in a flash. (more…)
This poignant and compelling movie is the directorial debut of Antonia Bogdanovich and opens in theaters on June 19, 2015. Phantom Halo is an engaging, emotional and entertaining motion picture that showcases the visceral talent Antonia absorbed growing up on the film sets of her Oscar-nominated filmmaker parents Peter Bogdanovich and Polly Platt and her Emmy-nominated aunt Anna Bogdanovich. (more…)
Apogee’s latest blog series – Customer Spotlight – calls attention to creative individuals around the world using Apogee products in unique and exciting ways. Our first spotlightee, author/documentary filmmaker/producer/composer and space travel enthusiast Jason Klassi certainly fits the bill.
An Apogee Duet user, Jason combines his passion for space exploration and education with his deep love of music. Throughout his career as a film producer and author, Jason has scored and recorded soundtracks/audiobooks for many of his projects himself, from underwater soundscapes to colorful cosmic tones. His latest project, the award-winning book The Everyday Space Traveler, has garnered a number of accolades and features a foreword by none other than moonwalker Buzz Aldrin.
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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.
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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
Saturn’s Rings, Titan and Enceladus
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
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The characteristic hexagonal shape of Saturn’s northern jet – stream.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute