
5 years ago, a few months after the release of HL:A, Rocket Lab launched their Electron rocket on the “Return to Sender” mission. In addition to several other satellites, the rocket carried a titanium 3d print of Gnome Chompski into a 500km 97.3° Sun Synchronous orbit.
Gave Newell had contracted RL to launch Gnome Chompski to orbit, and he donated some amount of money to a NZ Children’s hospital for every viewer of the livestream. Now, 5 years later, in the midst of all the hype surrounding an HLX announcement, Rocket Lab has scheduled a launch called “RAISE and shine” to launch a payload for JAXA…
This cannot be coincidence. HLX will 100% be announced during the launch
