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Why do they want it? Can't they self-fund it? Or do they just want other people to share the glory? Isn't the equipment shown in the video worth as much, or probably more?
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Portal 2 reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKMS62GrTI Edit: It's clear that someone in NASA is a Portal fan - they sent a laser-etched image of Wheatley up with an HTV-3 resupply craft: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/118637-NASA-Sends-...
Their menu items on the left are even spelled that way. http://www.nasa.gov/content/blue-origin-test-fires-new-rocke...
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Their menu items on the left are even spelled that way. http://www.nasa.gov/content/blue-origin-test-fires-new-rocke...
Yeah, I'm pretty sure you're running a http://xkcd.com/1288/ browser extension.
Doh haha you are totally right. Completely forgot about it.
Thanks.
I don't understand. $50K being asked by professors and PhD students? They certainly enjoy funds orders of magnitude more. $50K is like two YC startups' seed money. Why do they want it? Can't they self-fund it? Or do they just want other people to share the glory? Isn't the equipment shown in the video worth as much, or probably more?
I don't understand. $50K being asked by professors and PhD students? They certainly enjoy funds orders of magnitude more. $50K is like two YC startups' seed money. Why do they want it? Can't they self-fund it? Or do they just want other people to share the glory? Isn't the equipment shown in the video worth as much, or probably more?
I suppose I get it, but I thought Kickstarter campaigns required a deliverable end result as a result of contributions?
Clicking on the link, 3 is a really far way from actually flying. Like, they haven't successfully demonstrated this in a lab yet. For reference, there are 9 stages, the final one being "it's in space".
It seems like an interesting idea, but I'm with the other commenters in asking why this needs money from outside the traditional channels. It's the kind of long-winded and technical writeup I would expect from a grant proposal, not a Kickstarter.
I don't understand. $50K being asked by professors and PhD students? They certainly enjoy funds orders of magnitude more. $50K is like two YC startups' seed money. Why do they want it? Can't they self-fund it? Or do they just want other people to share the glory? Isn't the equipment shown in the video worth as much, or probably more?
"While we have obtained some external funding, this mission may never happen without your help." I suppose I get it, but I thought Kickstarter campaigns required a deliverable end result as a result of contributions?