The  ARKYD Space Telescope kickstarter campaign has reached nearly 9000 backers and over $810,000 pledged towards their $1,000,000 goal.

Planetary Resources has been posting updates and new videos: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone by Planetary Resources – Updates — Kickstarter

In this video

Chris Lewicki leads a conversation with a few of the technical staff at Planetary Resources talking about the Kickstarter campaign for a publicly accessible space telescope.