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.

3227 - Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.

3322 - Hamburg, Germany

Happy birthday to me! What a lovely handmade card from the sender. Beautiful penmanship. Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main court of the German Open Tennis Championships. The International German Open has been played at the Rothernbaum since 1892, making it Germany's longest running tennis tournament. The current stadium was built in 1999 and can hold 13 200 people.

3232 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America

The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light was built in 1882. There were nine keepers of the light until 1897. It was redesigned in 1903 and is 12 meters high. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was started in 1872 and wasn't opened for large-scale watercraft until 1890. The canal is 2.1 kilometers long that goes from Sturgeon Bay in Lake Michigan to Green Bay. There are no locks on this canal. The canal was sold to the United States government in 1893 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the canal.

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