Basketball fans and devotion to one of the legends of the sport, Michael Jordan, ended up wearing another jersey of the NBA’s greatest player, the Argentine. Emmanuel “Mano” Ginobiliin the stratosphere thanks to the Spanish company B2Space Which he launched from a town in Burgos. Madrilenian Victor Montero45, one of the four founders of the company, which was initially set up in the UK, but is now headquartered in Burgos. pine forest in the sierra Which has offices in Burgos and Newport (Wales), the original idea was put forward as a way to get closer to the legendary player.
A few months ago, coinciding with the finals of the competition, he decided to contact the NBA, specifically with the person in charge of marketing in Ibero-America and offer the cooperation of his company that specializes in shipments to the stratosphere. “From a very young age, I had idealized Jordan as a great basketball fan, and in my life all the approaches were to try to get close to his character, from learning English, to being in the UK to improve my language and even now, from a business point of view as well.”
contact with NBA She found the best answer and allowed her to start thinking about possible collaborations until, a few weeks ago, the possibility of sharing this tribute to Argentine player Ginobili, winner of four NBA championships with the San Antonio Spurs. Ginobili’s inclusion in the Hall of Fame – the Hall of Fame – raised the organization’s officials with the possibility of sending his shirt – number 20 – signed by him, into the stratosphere thanks to a decompressed balloon.
It all started right away from the company B2Space, which has a program in which many Spanish universities participate.”cubes“-Nano-satellites- for which students develop projects to send into space. As on other occasions, they have found the full cooperation, as Monteiro acknowledges, from the military authorities in air forces For the use of the facilities of the air base of the primary academy in La Virgen del Camino (Leon).
The first shipment couldn’t meet the claims of company officials to benefit from the launch of three small satellites for university students, but it had to be last week when they did so with the Argentine star’s shirt from the town of Burgos. Pineda de Saw. “It has been an unprecedented experience so far, because we have never cooperated with a sport or competition, but it is clear that links have been created that can bear fruit in the future,” the young businessman from Madrid said proudly.
Indeed, he admits, it was surprising, at least at first, that a Spanish company was a pioneer in this kind of stratospheric expedition, but they drew on their ingenuity, imagination, daring and, above all, their passion for basketball. To present it to the best competition in the world in basketball.
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