3165 - Redmond, Washington, USA

Redmond is a city of 74 000 found just outside of Seattle. Elon Musk opened a SpaceX facility in Redmond, as well as Hyperloop Genesis. Both facilities are research and development and the manufacturing for a proposed internet communications satellite constellation and new transport system.

Hyperloop is a proposed high-speed transportation system for both public and goods transport. The hyperloop would comprise of three essential elements: tubes, pods, and terminals. The tube is a large, sealed, and low pressure system. The pod is a coach pressurized at atmospheric pressure that runs substantially free of air resistance or friction inside the tube. Magnetic propulsion would propel the pod. The terminal would handle pod arrivals and departures.

Companies and organizations have collaborated to develop the technology. The Technical University of Munich Hyperloop set the speed record of 463 km/h on July 2019 at a pod design competition hosted by SpaceX in Hawthorne, California. Virgin Hyperloop conducted the first human trial in November 2020 at its test site in Las Vegas. It reached a top speed of 172 km/h.

In Canada, TransPod is exploring hyperloop routes between Toronto and Montreal, Toronto and Windsor, and Calgary and Edmonton. The Alberta Government has a memorandum of understanding with TransPod for its Calgary to Edmonton hyperloop. TransPod has secured more than a half a billion dollars in private capital funding for the first phase which will connect Edmonton International Airport with Edmonton.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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