{"id":3191,"date":"2013-07-04T19:18:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-04T19:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2013-07-04T19:18:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-04T19:18:15","slug":"astronauts-sell-space-memorabilia-to-support-asteroid-observatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3191","title":{"rendered":"Astronauts sell space memorabilia to support asteroid observatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/b612foundation.org\/\" target=\"_d\">B612 Foundation<\/a> is raising money for their asteroid finding space observatory by selling memorabilia from Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart and Shuttle\/ISS astronaut Ed Lu:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/stores.ebay.com\/Auction-Cause-Charity-Auctions\/B612-Foundation.html\" target=\"_d\">B612 Foundation items in Auction Cause Charity Auctions store on eBay!<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/21847-astronaut-auction-asteroid-hunting-telescope.html\" target=\"_d\">Astronauts Auctioning Artifacts for Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope | Asteroid Impact Threat &#8211; Space.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is a new video message from Ed Lu:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/b612foundation.org\/ed-lus-message-why-you-should-support-sentinel\/\" target=\"_d\">Ed Lu\u2019s Message: Why You Should Support Sentinel &#8211; B612 Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/69028702?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" height=\"281\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/69028702\">Ed Lu: Support B612 and the Sentinel Mission<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/user18507742\">b612 foundation<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The B612 Foundation is raising money for their asteroid finding space observatory by selling memorabilia from Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart and Shuttle\/ISS astronaut Ed Lu: B612 Foundation items in Auction Cause Charity Auctions store on eBay! Astronauts Auctioning Artifacts for Asteroid-Hunting Space Telescope | Asteroid Impact Threat &#8211; Space.com Here is a new video message &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3191\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Astronauts sell space memorabilia to support asteroid observatory<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asteroids","category-space-collecting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Pt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1535,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1535","url_meta":{"origin":3191,"position":0},"title":"Ed Lu talks about the asteroid threat and the Sentinel space telescope","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Glenn Reynolds interviews former Shuttle astronaut Ed Lu of the B612 Foundation about asteroid impact prevention and about the B612 group's plan to launch the\u00a0Sentinel space telescope to do an extensive census of near earth objects: Asteroid Apocalypse: The Tech Exists to Deflect Asteroids, So Why Aren't We Using It?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;In Space Infrastructure&quot;","block_context":{"text":"In Space Infrastructure","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=15"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/rR5Wd_9psOQ\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7718,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7718","url_meta":{"origin":3191,"position":1},"title":"Video: B612 press conference at Seattle&#8217;s Museum of Flight","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the complete briefing event held recently by the B612 Foundation on the latest findings for asteroid impacts on earth: Video GalleryB612 Foundation -\u00a0B612 Foundation. 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