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  "event": "42nd Space Symposium",
  "year": 2027,
  "verified": "2026-09-14",
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    "label": "Full event",
    "value": "April 12–15, 2027"
  },
  "venue": "The Broadmoor",
  "city": "Colorado Springs",
  "official": "https://www.spacesymposium.org/",
  "dateSource": "https://www.spacesymposium.org/",
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      "project": "Trillium Engineering",
      "reuse": "Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph used on its own company website under the user’s authorization; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Aircraft-sensing reference adjacent to aerospace and space technology; no Space Symposium installation is claimed.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "Parker exhibit wall with a helicopter graphic above illuminated displays of actuation, fuel, hydraulic and safety-system components.",
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      "project": "Parker",
      "reuse": "Purple Exhibits portfolio photograph used on its own company website under the user’s authorization; no open licence is claimed.",
      "context": "Defense and aerospace product-presentation reference; the destination event is not established by the gallery.",
      "eventClaim": false
    },
    {
      "alt": "Capt. Kayla Edwards explains interactive training to visitors at the STARCOM booth at the 40th Space Symposium.",
      "source": "https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8999671/starcom-showcases-guardian-readiness-40th-space-symposium",
      "credit": "Isaac Blancas / U.S. Space Force",
      "edition": 2025,
      "reuse": "Marked PUBLIC DOMAIN by DVIDS. Comply with DVIDS copyright restrictions; do not imply military endorsement of Purple Exhibits."
    },
    {
      "alt": "Capt. Patricia Barrientos briefs visitors at the STARCOM exhibit during the 40th Space Symposium.",
      "source": "https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8999676/starcom-showcases-guardian-readiness-40th-space-symposium",
      "credit": "Isaac Blancas / U.S. Space Force",
      "edition": 2025,
      "reuse": "Marked PUBLIC DOMAIN by DVIDS. Comply with DVIDS copyright restrictions; do not imply military endorsement of Purple Exhibits."
    },
    {
      "alt": "Lt. Col. Amber DeRiggi speaks with a visitor at the STARCOM booth during the 40th Space Symposium.",
      "source": "https://www.dvidshub.net/image/8999684/starcom-showcases-guardian-readiness-40th-space-symposium",
      "credit": "Isaac Blancas / U.S. Space Force",
      "edition": 2025,
      "reuse": "Marked PUBLIC DOMAIN by DVIDS. Comply with DVIDS copyright restrictions; do not imply military endorsement of Purple Exhibits."
    }
  ],
  "editorialNote": "Real Purple portfolio photographs identify the actual projects; no target-show installation is implied. Space Symposium also retains three separately credited public-domain event photographs.",
  "checked": "2026-09-14",
  "facts": {
    "organizer": "Space Foundation",
    "rows": [
      [
        "Venue & halls",
        "The Broadmoor hosts the April 12–15 symposium. Current exhibit information names Bartolin, Broadmoor and Colorado Halls for 2026; 2027 hall allocation remains unverified.",
        "https://www.spacesymposium.org/exhibit-center/",
        "partial"
      ],
      [
        "Move-in / move-out",
        "Public exhibitor check-in hours are not installation targets. A 2027 setup and removal schedule was not confirmed in the reviewed symposium pages.",
        "https://www.spacesymposium.org/exhibit-center/",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Height & hanging signs",
        "The symposium’s hall-specific structure and rigging allowances need the issued 2027 rules. No numerical limit has been carried forward from previous editions.",
        "https://www.spacesymposium.org/exhibit-center/exhibit-with-us/",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Drayage & labor",
        "Public registration and exhibit-center pages do not establish 2027 model handling, rigging charges or contractor labor rights. Obtain the exhibitor service instructions for the assigned hall.",
        "https://www.spacesymposium.org/exhibit-center/",
        "pending"
      ],
      [
        "Prior-edition scale",
        "Space Foundation projected roughly 12,000 attendees for 2026; the exhibit page advertised over 300 exhibitors. Neither is presented here as a final audited attendance result.",
        "https://www.spacefoundation.org/2025/10/21/space-foundation-opens-registration-for-space-symposium-to-be-held-april-13-16-2026/",
        "partial"
      ],
      [
        "2027 feature check",
        "Colorado Hall’s supplier showcase is described as new for the 41st symposium in 2026. A new feature specific to 2027 has not been verified.",
        "https://www.spacesymposium.org/innovate-space-supplier-showcase/",
        "pending"
      ]
    ],
    "mistake": "Exhibitor badge pickup is not freight access. Keep model delivery separate from the published check-in hours until the build schedule is issued.",
    "mistakeSource": "https://www.spacesymposium.org/exhibit-center/"
  },
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    "alt": "Visitors discuss a detailed offshore vessel model inside Shapoorji Pallonji Energy's blue-and-white exhibit, with project information on the wall behind them.",
    "caption": "Shapoorji Pallonji Energy: a scale model that supports technical conversations.",
    "industry": "Technical storytelling reference from offshore energy; not aerospace or a Space Symposium build.",
    "evidence": "Technical storytelling reference from offshore energy; not aerospace or a Space Symposium build.",
    "width": 1400,
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    "src": "/shows/proof/space-symposium.webp",
    "text": "The Shapoorji Pallonji Energy case shows how a scale model supports discussion of a complex platform. Purple aerospace work has not been verified in the public cases reviewed; this reference comes from offshore engineering.",
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  },
  "reviewNote": "Uncleared third-party photographs replaced with the user-authorized company portfolio assets. Captions and alternative text updated for the actual replacement images.",
  "eventDates": {
    "convention": "Full event",
    "startDate": "2027-04-12",
    "endDate": "2027-04-15",
    "display": "April 12–15, 2027",
    "source": "https://www.spacesymposium.org/",
    "explanation": null
  }
}