ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
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ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
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#2Probably the most awesome Kickstarter I've ever backed. I'm so excited!!! Planetary Resources is a really cool company.
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#3I think they are just running a really cool scam.
First of all why do they care if public is interested in space? Aren't they after all, looking to run a successful and profitable business?
Second, don't they have investors that could sponsor this Arkyd Telescope and launch it without need for a Kickstarter. What if for some reason the kickstarter campaign doesn't work? What if they can't deliver? Are they willing to risk everything just to get 1mln$?
Unless they are already out of money.
Re: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
#4I think they are just running a really cool scam. First of all why do they care if public is interested in space? Aren't they after all, looking to run a successful and profitable business? Second, don't they have investors that could sponsor this Arkyd Telescope and launch it without need for a Kickstarter. What if for some reason the kickstarter campaign doesn't work? What if they can't deliver? Are they willing to…
Disclaimer: I'm at the launch event and helped put this project together.
They're not doing this for the Kickstarter money. Even though they're fundraising for the project, they're already putting in more than they could ever hope to raise on Kickstarter.
This project is adjacent to their core mission of Asteroid Mining, this is to prove interest that the public is interested in this sort of project, and to give the public access to the sort of thing that was, previously, impossibly expensive.
For $25 you can get a picture of yourself in space. That's pretty crazy.
Re: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
#5I think they are just running a really cool scam. First of all why do they care if public is interested in space? Aren't they after all, looking to run a successful and profitable business? Second, don't they have investors that could sponsor this Arkyd Telescope and launch it without need for a Kickstarter. What if for some reason the kickstarter campaign doesn't work? What if they can't deliver? Are they willing to…
It seems that they are using Kickstarter for preorders. They'll reach a lot more people through Kickstarter than their own site. As zacharycohn said, the money they'll get through Kickstarter is probably nothing compared to other methods.
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#6This seems mostly to be a PR gimmick. While it seems like a cool thing to do "just because we can", there is no compelling advantage to putting a 200mm telescope in space. You don't get much sharper images by being in space with such a small aperture. And launching a space telescope for people to take pictures of themselves... I don't even know where to start.
Re: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
#7I think they are just running a really cool scam. First of all why do they care if public is interested in space? Aren't they after all, looking to run a successful and profitable business? Second, don't they have investors that could sponsor this Arkyd Telescope and launch it without need for a Kickstarter. What if for some reason the kickstarter campaign doesn't work? What if they can't deliver? Are they willing to…
Disclaimer: I'm at the launch event and helped put this project together. They're not doing this for the Kickstarter money. Even though they're fundraising for the project, they're already putting in more than they could ever hope to raise on Kickstarter. This project is adjacent to their core mission of Asteroid Mining, this is to prove interest that the public is interested in this sort of project, and to give the…
Still the question remains - why risk bad pr if this doesn't work. and why not concentrate on building the telescope first and proving that they can do it before asking for money? At this point it looks like they are trying to run "your picture in space" business, not asteroid mining.
Re: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
#8This seems mostly to be a PR gimmick. While it seems like a cool thing to do "just because we can", there is no compelling advantage to putting a 200mm telescope in space. You don't get much sharper images by being in space with such a small aperture. And launching a space telescope for people to take pictures of themselves... I don't even know where to start.
The compelling advantage is that they're making it available to the public to use.
Re: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
#9This seems mostly to be a PR gimmick. While it seems like a cool thing to do "just because we can", there is no compelling advantage to putting a 200mm telescope in space. You don't get much sharper images by being in space with such a small aperture. And launching a space telescope for people to take pictures of themselves... I don't even know where to start.
The compelling advantage is that they're making it available to the public to use.
But what I'm saying is the public can just get a 200mm telescope on the ground themselves. No need to launch it into space.
Re: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone
#10This seems mostly to be a PR gimmick. While it seems like a cool thing to do "just because we can", there is no compelling advantage to putting a 200mm telescope in space. You don't get much sharper images by being in space with such a small aperture. And launching a space telescope for people to take pictures of themselves... I don't even know where to start.
The compelling advantage is that they're making it available to the public to use.
Do you really think that they will be able to upload a picture, display it on a LCD, snap picture of their setup and send it back to Earth and do it hundred of times with a prototype full of untested tech?