I don't see a link from their web page to the fund raising page?
Quote from: RocketmanUS on 02/19/2013 01:19 am I don't see a link from their web page to the fund raising page?I don't either, but a pdf is there somewhere if you do a google search with "indiegogo site:goldenspikecompany.com". Their facebook page has a link.I made a small donation and hope they succeed, even as I admit the financing plan is problematic.
@AlanStern will be speaking about Golden Spike today on The Space Show radio show live today 1-2 pm Mountain. http://www.thespaceshow.com
This is all well and good, but so far I haven't seen a single thing from Golden Spike that makes me actually take them seriously. This will only change once they can show us the money, as well as a concrete plan with launch vehicle, spacecraft, lander, and mission profile. Until then, the whole thing remains (rather poor) science fiction.
Not sure if I like the heavy emphasis on touring the Apollo landing sites, they should leave them be.I'd go for Copernicus or Tycho crater, now that would be an awesome site.
Article on the seminar - but rather than a short article on the presser, I returned to an old article/L2 presentation from 2011 about protecting the Apollo sites, as an interesting angle.http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/03/golden-spike-landing-site-options/
Golden Spike Indiegogo Campaign Supporters-We all share the desire to see humans return to lunar exploration. And today, we’re redoubling our efforts to seethis campaign help make that happen, and asking for your help.With just over two weeks left in this campaign, we have to admit that this part of Golden Spike’s efforts, here at Indiegogo, is just not performing as we’d hoped.We aimed high—setting a goal of $240,000—a dollar for every mile on the way to the Moon. And while $9400 raised so far puts us “higher” than over 90% of all human spaceflights—higher than all missions except Apollo, it’s still a a lot lower than our objective.That’s disappointing. It’s frustrating. And it’s our fault.Simply put, we didn’t put the right people and resources on this Indiegogo campaign.That said, great things are happening in every other aspect of Golden Spike’s activities— with soon to appear press releases from major aerospace partners, strong engagement in our international scientific conference on Golden Spike mission capabilities set for October, and investor and sales meetings that are dramatically broadening the kinds of entities that have an interest in purchasing human lunar expeditions.But back to this campaign. We’re going to take advantage of the press of time left—just 16 days—to reach out to the broader public about people they can be a part of a historic new era of human lunar exploration.To do that, you’ll be seeing Golden Spike in the press quite a bit more the next two weeks.And we’d like to ask your help too, spreading the word about why you contributed and why you think others should too. Speak to friends and colleagues. Messag on sites like Twitter and Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn. Send emails. Heck, putt up signs and hand out flyers!We’re in the final phases of this campaign, ask people to join in. Let them know why you joined. Tell them their participation will make a huge difference. Make the point that 40+ years of waiting for governments to do this for us showed that the people who want humans to explore the Moon have to take personal action if we want it.If we do this right, we can succeed.Thanks for your support, and thanks for helping us turn this around!T-16 days and counting…
I do like their news about upcoming announcements from "major aerospace partners".
Quote from: StephenB on 04/09/2013 01:58 pmI do like their news about upcoming announcements from "major aerospace partners".Didn't their most likely customer just announce 'No' for moon trips.
Quote from: R7 on 04/09/2013 02:02 pmQuote from: StephenB on 04/09/2013 01:58 pmI do like their news about upcoming announcements from "major aerospace partners".Didn't their most likely customer just announce 'No' for moon trips. they said NASA wouldn't land on the Moon, not that NASA wouldn't be interested in scientific data from the Moon.
