{"id":3286,"date":"2013-07-10T05:58:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T05:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2013-07-10T05:58:01","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T05:58:01","slug":"arkyd-space-telescope-kickstarter-extended-july-9-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3286","title":{"rendered":"Arkyd space telescope Kickstarter extended: July 9-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1458134548\/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0\" target=\"_blank\">Arkyd public telescope Kickstarter campaign<\/a>, which exceeded its $1M goal by $505k, has been extended to allow more people to obtain space selfies and other benefits of contributions: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetaryresources.com\/arkyd-pledge-now\/\" target=\"_d\">ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone &#8211;\u00a0 <em>By Request: Limited Kickstarter Extension<\/em> \u2014 July 9th &#8211; July 19th<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>You Can Still Pledge for the ARKYD Kickstarter!<\/h3>\n<p>After receiving numerous requests from folks that barely missed the campaign close, those in Europe that were not able to attend the live cast, and those that had Kickstarter payment snags, we\u2019ve decided to provide select rewards through PayPal for a limited extension period. Simply choose your desired pledge level and quantity below. You&#8217;ll be taken to Paypal to checkout. <strong>For additional details on the campaign, translations, and the pledge rewards, visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1458134548\/arkyd-a-space-telescope-for-everyone-0\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter campaign page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pricing of our reward levels during this limited extension does not reflect an additional discount provided to our early Kickstarter backers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re in interested in our Education Packages (Education Supporter\/Ambassador, etc.), <a href=\"https:\/\/planetaryresources.wufoo.com\/forms\/arkyd-education-package-information\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here to contact us<\/a>. If you have other questions about the Kickstarter campaign or pledge levels, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetaryresources.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A couple\u00a0 of videos:<\/p>\n<p>Kickstarter Highlights:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yJMCUqOHpi8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Kickstarter Bloopers:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YbF4Ic1iO3Q?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arkyd public telescope Kickstarter campaign, which exceeded its $1M goal by $505k, has been extended to allow more people to obtain space selfies and other benefits of contributions: ARKYD: A Space Telescope for Everyone &#8211;\u00a0 By Request: Limited Kickstarter Extension \u2014 July 9th &#8211; July 19th You Can Still Pledge for the ARKYD Kickstarter! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3286\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Arkyd space telescope Kickstarter extended: July 9-19<\/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":[12,22,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","category-education","category-space-participation"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-R0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2560,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2560","url_meta":{"origin":3286,"position":0},"title":"ARKYD space telescope for public access &#8211; Kickstarter pledges rocket upwards","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Planetary Resources is a company planning to mine asteroids. 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