SPACE CONNECTED : CELEBRATING ONE YEAR OF SPACE NORTHWEST
A journey with Space Northwest through a year of creating connections in the Pacific Northwest and beyond .
By : Michael Doyle ( Co-founder and President , Space Northwest ) Sean McClinton ( Co-founder and Director , Space Northwest )
Courtesy of OneRedmond
Evolutionary leaps , the truly transformative ones , are all about connection . Single-celled organisms evolved to form multicellular ones . Multicellular organisms evolved to form groups with capabilities far beyond their individual members .
We stand on the cusp of a new leap — the extension of life into the Solar System — and connection is driving it . This is how we evolve ; this is how we grow . This is why Space Northwest exists .
Michael Doyle Space Northwest Co-founder & President
Space Northwest www . spacenorthwest . org
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Space Northwest seeks to maximize the contribution of the Pacific Northwest to humanity ’ s future in space . Our story itself is one of connection . We formed in 2022 , bringing together long-running programs to develop the space ecosystem in the Seattle area . We set our sights on building further connections , both within and beyond the region . As we celebrate one year of Space Northwest , we wanted to share how we ’ ve been doing that .
Our longest running program , Space Entrepreneurs , takes a local focus . In June , we hosted Stoke Space COO Kelly Hennig at Green River College in Kent . Kelly spoke to a crowd of over 60 people about her space career and life in a fast-growing startup . Understanding the power of connection , Kelly emphasized the importance of preserving culture and cohesion as startups scale up .
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