{"id":8848,"date":"2014-09-19T17:27:41","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T21:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8848"},"modified":"2014-09-19T17:27:41","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T21:27:41","slug":"the-black-rock-observatory-at-burning-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8848","title":{"rendered":"The Black Rock Observatory at Burning Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the recent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.burningman.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Burning Man<\/a>\u00a0event, the\u00a0&#8220;Desert Wizards of Mars&#8221; brought their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackrockobservatory.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Black Rock Observatory<\/a>. Funded via a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/marsroverartcar\/black-rock-observatory?ref=card\" target=\"_d\">Kickstarter<\/a>, the project include two domed-covered 21 inch telescopes and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mrac.desertwizards.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Mars Rover Art Car<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dust1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8849\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=8849\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dust1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"dust[1]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dust1.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-8849\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dust1-300x90.jpg\" alt=\"dust[1]\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dust1-300x90.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/dust1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an article about the project :\u00a0<a style=\"font-size: 14px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcocreate.com\/3035896\/bringing-space-science-education-to-burning-man-and-beyond\" target=\"_d\">Bringing Space Science Education to Burning Man&#8211;and Beyond &#8211; Co.Create<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And their Kickstarter video:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/marsroverartcar\/black-rock-observatory\/widget\/video.html\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"> <\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the recent\u00a0Burning Man\u00a0event, the\u00a0&#8220;Desert Wizards of Mars&#8221; brought their\u00a0Black Rock Observatory. Funded via a\u00a0Kickstarter, the project include two domed-covered 21 inch telescopes and the\u00a0Mars Rover Art Car. Here&#8217;s an article about the project :\u00a0Bringing Space Science Education to Burning Man&#8211;and Beyond &#8211; Co.Create. And their Kickstarter video:<\/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-8848","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-2iI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3440,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3440","url_meta":{"origin":8848,"position":0},"title":"Crowdsource to Mars student contest + Kickstarter interplanetary Cubesat thruster","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are two space related crowdfunding campaigns: The Society for International Space Cooperation (SISC) is \"an educational nonprofit\u00a0organization whose board includes astronauts, cosmonauts, and luminaries like director James Cameron.\" They have started the project Crowdsource To Mars Online Platform & Student Contest The Crowdsource To Mars International Online Platform and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7730,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=7730","url_meta":{"origin":8848,"position":1},"title":"Story Time from Space &#8211; ISS astronauts read children&#8217;s space books","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In the new\u00a0Story Time From Space\u00a0(STFS) project, ISS crew members will read from a selection of books aimed at kids. 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