Astronomy / Space A kickstarter for Neil Armstrong

[Patrick_68000]

The Smithsonian Institute, which manages the Museum of Air and Space in Washington, yesterday launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter site to lift the $500,000 required to restore the spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong on the moon ---- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smithsonian/reboot-the-suit-bring-back-neil-armstrongs-spacesu

 

[Frank]

In hundreds of years from now, all the people we think are famous will have faded into obscurity. The Beatles will be one of the harder questions on pub quizzes. Neil Armstrong will still be as famous as Francis Drake and Christopher Columbus.

 

[Alien]

The Smithsonian Institute easily has the money to do this without needing a kickstarter, heck if they're that strapped for cash, why don't they ask NASA? I don't see why I should chip in for this when a) the people asking for money, have the money ... b) I wasn't even alive when Apollo 11 landed on the moon ... and c) It wasn't even my country that did it.

 

[Surfinjo]

The Smithsonian Institute easily has the money to do this without needing a kickstarter, heck if they're that strapped for cash, why don't they ask NASA? I don't see why I should chip in for this when a) the people asking for money, have the money ... b) I wasn't even alive when Apollo 11 landed on the moon ... and c) It wasn't even my country that did it.

Seems to be part of the publicity machine behind all space research these days. Like the 'demotion' of Pluto. It makes space look sexy and interesting so the American tax payer will continue shelling out and not demanding their taxes pay for proper services.

Not our problem really. We get the benefits for free. Americans, it seems, prefer to sit out side their free market hospitals dying, while we go into our socialist hospitals and get treatment. (Speaking as a heart failure survivor.)

 

[Winterwalker]

Personally I can't quite believe .. they only just thought about exhibiting this!?

I support the initiative but (unless they plan to tour the suit?) it's not something I'll be investing in. I'll never see it. If they want, I'd donate to development of new, more advanced suits, to bump human Mars exploration forward.

I was six months old for Apollo 11. My Mum supposedly pointing out to me, what was happening, we stayed up late (though I was no doubt asleep for most of it). Something must have rubbed off though ...

 

[Surfinjo]

Personally I can't quite believe .. they only just thought about exhibiting this!?

I support the initiative but (unless they plan to tour the suit?) it's not something I'll be investing in. I'll never see it. If they want, I'd donate to development of new, more advanced suits, to bump human Mars exploration forward.

I was six months old for Apollo 11. My Mum supposedly pointing out to me, what was happening, we stayed up late (though I was no doubt asleep for most of it). Something must have rubbed off though ...

I watched it on a B/W set using a set top aerial which we all had to take turn holding in a variety of contorted positions to get a signal. For some reason, each position lasted for only a few minutes. Inevitably, some of the better positions meant the unfortunate who's turn it was, has to stand behind the TV.

Anyway, memorable for that reason if no other!

 

[Kosmetas]

Hopefully there is something better we can spend $500,000 on than an old space suite... maybe feed, cloth and house some children?