$1.9M Historic Expedition on Kickstarter
Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 11:46 pm
This project is another example of a Kickstarter use I never would have imagined before:
In return backers of this project will get to experience the discovery as it is happening in the form of progress updates, live documentary footage, and other interesting content.
How do you guys feel about this project?
Source: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/12/5708398/dana-timmer-fundraising-kickstarter-amelia-earhart
Seventy-six years ago, Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan set off on the most dangerous leg of a flight around the world, the 2,556-mile journey from New Guinea to Howland Island in the Pacific. They were never seen again. The rescue team gave up after a 17-day search and the incident was "officially set down... as one of aviation's mysteries."
Dana Timmer, a pilot and four-time America’s Cup sailor, is one of many people still fascinated by Earhart’s disappearance. Timmer, who led a $1 million deep-sea search for the plane in 1999, believes Earhart’s twin-engined Lockheed Electra has already been found — researchers just didn’t realize it. He’s asking for nearly $2 million on Kickstarter to prove his theory right.
In return backers of this project will get to experience the discovery as it is happening in the form of progress updates, live documentary footage, and other interesting content.
How do you guys feel about this project?
Source: http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/12/5708398/dana-timmer-fundraising-kickstarter-amelia-earhart