Smithsonian Increases Goal For Spacesuit Crowdfunding Effort

An anonymous reader writes: The recently launched Kickstarter campaign by the Smithsonian to preserve Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit has surpassed its goal. As of Saturday, the campaign raised about $525,000, and now The National Air and Space Museum has increased its goal to $700,000 in order to save Alan Shepard's Mercury spacesuit.

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I like this

[ganjadude]

Its allowing us to put our money where our mouths are

I dont expect taxes to pay for a lot, taxes should be for the basics needed. crowd funding is giving us a chance to do it different, back the things we want done without being forced to pay for the things we dont

the IRS should look into this

Entire government departments should work this way

[Karmashock]

The ones that do things that don't actually have to be done. Nothing would control budget bloat better.

The amount they're asking for is odd... but what do I know.

I did some calculations and found it very hard to claim more than 170k to actually restore one of the suits. So the 500k initial ask was odd. And now they're adding another suit and apparently that is costing an extra 200k... which is suspiciously close to my initial calculation of 170k.

The question I have on all that is where is the other 300k going because THAT appears to be going for "pictures and websites"... and that simply baffles me.