Public access space telescope Kickstarter

jonesy

A Wicked Kendragon

• Jun 2, 2013

• #1

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astr...mpany_crowdfunds_an_orbiting_observatory.html

Planetary Resources, Inc.—the company that wants to mine asteroids—has a new project they've just announced: They're crowdfunding a space telescope.

Yup, you read that right. PRI has a Kickstarter page set up to fund a small (20 cm, or 8”) telescope that will orbit the Earth. It will take pictures of our planet from above, and astronomical objects, too. Different funding levels will give people different access to the telescope.

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The sweet spot is $200. Pledging that or more lets you choose targets for the telescope.

 

Last edited: Jun 27, 2013

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jonesy

A Wicked Kendragon

• Jun 27, 2013

• #2

Still three days to go, but the Kickstarter is already $200k+ over the treshold.

The guys behind it just did an interesting Reddit AMA:
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1h47je/we_are_engineers_from_planetary_resources

 

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Dioltach

Legend

• Jun 27, 2013

• #3

Nice!

 

Lwaxy

Cute but dangerous

• Jun 28, 2013

• #4

Amazing.

No money to chime in, though.