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Satellite Launch - in RL and SL

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The European Space Agency is launching the Planck satellite this Thursday in Guyana. Most of us won't be able to attend the launch - but we can attend it in Second Life.



This event is being brought to you through the CNRS (National Center For Scientific Research) and the APC (Astroparticule et Cosmologie) Laboratory. The APC laboratory lies at the interface between the study of the very large and the very small, and it brings together several communities (experimentalists, observers and theoreticians). It is centered on three themes: cosmology and gravitation, high energy astrophysics, neutrinos.

During the inauguration of The House of Astroparticule on 14 May, it will be possible to view the launch of the Planck satellite at Kourou (Guyana) at about 1300 UTC (6AM SLT), to visit its virtual replica and to meet with scientists during the conferences and the projections which will surround the event. APC Laboratories Second Life presence was created by i-Marginal, one of our French Solution Providers.* (CNRS Press Release in French)

The Planck satellite is expected to revolutionize our understanding of the early history of the universe. (Countdown to launch is on the Planck satellite page.)



Of course, this is not the first space event to be viewed in Second Life; NASA has had a long presence, with a model of the Space Station and many activities in Second Life. There's the wonderful International Spaceport Museum which has replicas of most rockets that have been sent into space.* And there's Science Friday, NPR's Friday science program in Second Life (and sometimes hosted in Second Life).* There's a brief listing of science-related sources and places in Second Life on the Second Life wiki.

I think this is a great example of the power of Second Life to take you to a place and event you would otherwise not be able to attend, and put you in contact with people you otherwise would not have any contact with.* How cool to talk directly to scientists involved in the creation and launch of Planck!* This also is a nice event to highlight the huge science community (SciLands is one manifestation of it) already in Second Life and the content they provide - from DNA experiments to visions of the solar system.

So come over to the House of Astroparticule on Thursday, and watch the European Space Agency launch Planck, chat with some of the scientists involved - and help celebrate the entry of a major French science agency as it joins the others that are bringing you real world science in Second Life.



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