Fly Us to the Moon, UK Space Mission Asks Public
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British space venture is giving ordinary citizens the chance to leave
their mark on the moon in a decade's time while helping scientists scout
a possible location for a permanent base there.
Lunar Mission
One launched a crowdfunding drive on Wednesday to cover its start-up
costs. By mid-morning organisers had raised around 74,000 pounds,
according to the Kickstarter website, towards an initial target of
600,000 pounds ($940,000) they aim to reach within a month.
More
than 750 people signed up within hours, with funders asked to pledge at
least 60 pounds for a digital memory box in which their messages,
pictures, videos and - via a strand of hair - DNA will be carried into
space and then buried in a capsule on earth's nearest neighbour.
Organisers
will need several orders of magnitude more to recoup the total
estimated project costs of 500 million pounds, the bulk of which they
hope to raise by the same method.
"Governments are finding it
increasingly difficult to fund space exploration that is solely for the
advancement of human knowledge and understanding as opposed to
commercial return," said mission founder David Iron, a former Royal Navy
officer who advises on space and technology projects. "...Anyone from
around the world can get involved for as little as a few pounds."
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British space venture is giving ordinary citizens the chance to leave
their mark on the moon in a decade's time while helping scientists scout
a possible location for a permanent base there.
Lunar Mission
One launched a crowdfunding drive on Wednesday to cover its start-up
costs. By mid-morning organisers had raised around 74,000 pounds,
according to the Kickstarter website, towards an initial target of
600,000 pounds ($940,000) they aim to reach within a month.
More
than 750 people signed up within hours, with funders asked to pledge at
least 60 pounds for a digital memory box in which their messages,
pictures, videos and - via a strand of hair - DNA will be carried into
space and then buried in a capsule on earth's nearest neighbour.
Organisers
will need several orders of magnitude more to recoup the total
estimated project costs of 500 million pounds, the bulk of which they
hope to raise by the same method.
"Governments are finding it
increasingly difficult to fund space exploration that is solely for the
advancement of human knowledge and understanding as opposed to
commercial return," said mission founder David Iron, a former Royal Navy
officer who advises on space and technology projects. "...Anyone from
around the world can get involved for as little as a few pounds."
TAGS:Fly us to the moon, UK space mission asks public
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