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I think I pledged "more" one time so far in all the kickstarters I've been in on.[1] ... a small sample set to be sure but indicative, I expect.

 So yes, the average pledge amounts at each breakpoint will probably be very very close to that breakpoint

1 - this one, because it had addons that I wanted. 
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The break at $2500 reveals the bimodal distribution. What I could trust to be grassroots public support would be (Sum contributions < $2500) / (Sum backers < $2500) = (832,853 - 19*10000 - 5*5000 - 5*5000) / (9180 - 19 - 5 - 5) = 592853 / 9151 = $64.78 per grassroots backer. Using a MacBook calculator, something must be wrong of course in that figure.

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Spectra, it has been around that, give or take pennies, for at least a week now.

I just did this calculation. Donations from 1000 up, 68 backers, 289300, for average of 4254.41 each. Below 1000, 9123 backers 543982, for average of 59.63 each.

00.74% pledged 34.72% and 99.26% pledged 65.28%.
Looks like the ninety-niners are doing ok ;D

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http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0/

This tells me it's $91 per backer.

Oooo.  That's significantly different from the figure I got.

According to my HP 12c, 750,095/8,171 equals $91.80 per backer, assuming a straight line distrubution.

Is there a different distribution curve which the site would reveal?
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You were more accurate John.

Obviously kicktraq rounds down.

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You were more accurate John.

Obviously kicktraq rounds down.

Actually, John is an inveterate teaser.
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There has been at least a quarter of a million donated by a very small handful of people. I think "Blackstar" may be correct up to a point...
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There has been at least a quarter of a million donated by a very small handful of people. I think "Blackstar" may be correct up to a point...

Is the distribution significantly different from any other high-profile Kickstarter?
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You mean like when someone wants to design a new video game?
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http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0/

This tells me it's $91 per backer.

If there is a potential to raise twice as much as requested would they go as far as building a second telescope?

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http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0/

This tells me it's $91 per backer.

If there is a potential to raise twice as much as requested would they go as far as building a second telescope?

Let's just hit the mark to build one, then we'll see how accurate that 'trend line' is  ;)

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Kicktraq trending tracker hasnt been very accurate here. The "trending towards" ( which probably just does curve approximation ? ) is ticking down every day.
 
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Kicktraq trending tracker hasnt been very accurate here. The "trending towards" ( which probably just does curve approximation ? ) is ticking down every day.

Which makes since, Most Kickstarters get large amounts of press and contributions when they are first announced, then it trails off.

For them to reach the goal at this point they need around $8k a day though to the end (Which was what the contribution level fell to yesterday), but they have yet to have a major secondary bump.

Honestly they REALLY need to get on Fox/CNN/MSNBC/BBC/RT/Aljazera/CCTV to make their case, at the very least to get a second bump.

It honestly shocks me that they don't seem to have weekly media bumps planned out.
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Here's your bump...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1458134548/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0/posts/506461

The Kickstarter campaign for the Arkyd-100 space telescope from Planetary resources has raised over $850K in just 13 days. Their original goal has been set at $1M, but due to the better-than-expected response, Planetary Resources has announced that if fund-raising reaches $2M before the remaining 19 days are up, then they will spend the extra money raised on upgrading the telescope to detect exo-planets, a la Kepler.

So do your part, and help them over the top!


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Okay, I just pledged $10
Who's next?

Spread the word!

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That's one heck of a bump, good on them for that.

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That's one heck of a bump, good on them for that.

Personally I'd rather they worked on asteroids. Exoplanets are fun, and basic research into planetary formation is important stuff. But asteroids are

a) an existential threat
2. a treasure trove of useful resources

Sure, this is a valid use. But still...
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Offline Warren Platts

There's always Earth surveillance services. Really, the NSA, NRO, CIA, DIA, ETC all oughtta be financing this thing. That's the dream, right? 24 hour satellite coverage of every square inch of the Earth. No more timing things to get under cover to avoid the predictable spy sat....
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That's one heck of a bump, good on them for that.

Personally I'd rather they worked on asteroids. Exoplanets are fun, and basic research into planetary formation is important stuff. But asteroids are

a) an existential threat
2. a treasure trove of useful resources

Sure, this is a valid use. But still...
Agree for the 1st or first few telescopes they should stick to NEA's.
Other upgrades should be on later models. They could have a crowd funding for Exoplanet searching telescopes later on after they can shown the first one works for NEA's.

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