“Dante Lauretta, Leader of the NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission and University of Arizona Professor, combined his expertise in space mission planning and technology with his passion for strategy gaming to…
Category: Crowd Funding
Crowdfunding Astronomy with Google Sky
“For nearly four years, NASA’s Kepler space telescope searched for planets like the Earth around more than 150,000 stars similar to the Sun. In 2008 with in-kind support from several technology companies,…
Students Design 3-D Printed Tools for Astronauts
“After three months of designing and modeling, a panel of judges from NASA, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Foundation (ASME) and Made In Space Inc. have selected the winners of the…
Sending the Garden of ETON to Space
“In order for longterm space missions to be successful, a renewable food source is needed. We’ve developed a hydroponic garden specifically designed to function under conditions of microgravity – ETON. We’ve been…
Crowdfunding Opportunity: Starscraper: The Next Generation of Suborbital Rockets
“We are a team of passionate students at Boston University who have been working hundreds of man-hours per week for three years to make this possible. Interestingly, Boston University does not have…
Crowdfunding Opportunity: Project Spartan Spear
“Our goal is to create a fast and reliable launch vehicle that is cheaper than today’s options for delivering CubeSats into space. Current forms of transportation for CubeSats can take several years…
Crowdfunding Opportunity: DreamUp
DreamUp, powered by NanoRacks, is a nonprofit organization now providing a place for student project teams to raise required funds to fly a science experiment to the International Space Station (ISS). The…
Crowdfunding Astronomy Outreach Projects: Lessons Learned from the UNAWE Crowdfunding Campaign
In recent years, crowdfunding has become a popular method of funding new technology or entertainment products, or artistic projects. The idea is that people or projects ask for many small donations from…