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| Author: | Satis [ Wed May 13, 2015 5:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Kickstarter |
So.. I finally pledged to a project on Kickstarter.  I pledged to LightSail, which is a light sail (duh) experiment for using photonic pressure as spacecraft propulsion. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/theplanetarysociety/lightsail-a-revolutionary-solar-sailing-spacecraft It's looking for $200,000 and is currently at $86,000 with 44 days remaining. |
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| Author: | Peltz [ Wed May 13, 2015 7:46 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kickstarter |
So much of your new car then? 
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| Author: | Satis [ Wed May 13, 2015 2:19 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kickstarter |
I plan on putting a lightsail on my new car. Or maybe I've been playing too much Kerbal Space Program. BTW, the project funded. It's now going on to stretch goals. |
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| Author: | Rinox [ Mon May 18, 2015 4:23 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kickstarter |
That is really cool.  Very happy that it got funded already, and looks like they will easily reach the 1 million stretch goal.Very tempted to put some money in, although it's been a financially rough month. Then again, I basically would want my name in space and that's only 5 dollars so... Is it me or does that Bill Nye fella look awfully familiar? |
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| Author: | Satis [ Wed May 20, 2015 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Kickstarter |
He's Bill Nye "The Science Guy". I think he had a tv show in the US for promoting science, which got him notoriety. He moved on from there to being more of a spokesperson. He had a televised debate with a rabid creationist within the last year or two, among other things. He's like a white and dorkier version of Neil deGrasse Tyson. BTW, a Lightsail test rig was launched into space today. It's not a full test (that's for next year) but it's getting various data they'll use for whatever sciencey purposes they have. |
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