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Gaming billionaire Gabe Newell is launching a Half Life-inspired titanium gnome into space, and you can watch its journey to 311 miles above Earth via livestream – Business Insider Australia
Billionaire Gabe Newell, president of gaming giant Valve, has found an unusual way to thank New Zealand for its hospitality during the pandemic: He’s launching…

- Billionaire Gabe Newell, president of gaming company Valve, is launching a 3D-printed, titanium gnome into space later this month to thank New Zealand for its hospitality during the pandemic.
- The gnome, inspired by an item from Valve’s “Half Life” video game franchise, was designed by New Zealand company Weta Workshop, and will blast into space on a rocket made by aerospace company Rocket Lab.
- You can can live-stream its journey from mid-November, and Newell will donate a dollar to a New Zealand…
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