Students Launch $25 Million Crowdfunding Campaign to Offer Everyone on Earth a Digital Ride via Spacecraft to Mars for Only 99-Cents

Future space travelers are encouraged to join the Time Capsule to Mars Mission, which allows anyone to upload a digital photo for only $0.99 cents that will be uploaded to a spacecraft and sent to Mars

Students Launch $25 Million Crowdfunding Campaign to Offer Everyone in the World a Digital Chance to Make the Journey to Mars for Only $0.99-Cents Each

By Robert Hoskins

Washington, DC – Today, the Time Capsule to Mars (TC2M), a project of Explore Mars, plans to make history by connecting humanity’s shared history with a shared destiny by allowing anyone to upload a digital photo for only $0.99 cents that will be sent to Mars via the world’s 1st Ion-ElectroSpray Propulsion Cube Satellite (CubeSat).

Students Plan to Raise $25 Million to Send Time Capsule to Mars by Launching the 1st Ion-ElectroSpray Propulsion Cube Satellite

The TC2M payload will carry digital messages from tens of millions of people from all corners of Earth in the form of text, images, audio and video clips.  The state-of-the-art “time capsule” will carry a crucible of today’s human race – to be rediscovered by future colonists of the Red Planet. Time Capsule to Mars™ intends to :

• Enable tens of millions of people from every country on Earth to upload their pictures, short movies, text messages and other digital media to the time capsule.
• Click here now to upload your digital payload to be sent to Mars.
• Inspire and educate K-12-aged kids worldwide by enabling them to upload their content, track their spacecraft and lander, and participate via personalized Mission Control portals on the Internet.
• Be the first private mission to Mars, the first student-led interplanetary mission, the first use of CubeSats for interplanetary travel, and the first trial of many advanced new technologies.
• Unite Humanity under one mission, so we can travel together to Mars as one race, in the spirit of global cooperation and peace.

Mars Mission Technology Payload

Our technical teams are focused on designing, launching, and sending a CubeSat-based spacecraft to Mars — and landing on the surface a time capsule encoded with Humanity’s memories. Spacecraft will:

• Consist of multiple CubeSat Class (0.3m x 0.4m x 0.1m) segments
• Be propelled by revolutionary ion Electrospray propulsion, pioneered by MIT’s Space Propulsion Lab.
• Deploy new technologies like inflatable antennae, deep space Internet communications, and novel interplanetary radiation sensors.
• Be designed and constructed by technical teams from the world’s leading universities and student groups — and mentored by the space industries’ best engineering talent.

Mars Mission Crowdfunding Budget

The estimated cost of this mission is $25 million, which will cover all costs from design, to launch, to flight communications and vehicle control, to landing on Mars.

• We need your help to make this the largest crowdfunded effort in history!
• Uploads in the Developed World will cost $0.99; uploads in the Developing World will be free of charge for basic uploads, thanks to generous sponsorships that will be announced soon. We want everyone on Earth to have an equal chance to participate in this grand planet-wide mission.
• The size, scope, and length of this project will require a continuous and stable flow of funds for which we will also rely on corporate donations.
• Click here to sponsor the first package delivered to Mars.

Seeking Mars Mission Partners

This mission will aggressively partner with news, industry, and educational outlets to maximize our reach and enable us to tap into a truly global audience.

• We want to involve all people of Earth — of all ages, backgrounds, and interests — encompassing the entire scope of Humanity and documenting Humankind in the process.
• A focus market for educational engagement will include K-12-aged kids from all over the world.
• We will virtually bring them along on the journey — from uploading their picture, tracing its progression through our Solar System, and right up to their landing on Mars.
• Click here to see the Time Capsule to Mars Mission Management Team.

Time Capsule to Mars Press Conference

The project’s management team, which includes members from Duke University, MIT’s Space Propulsion Lab, Explore Mars, and retired NASA astronauts held a press conference tomorrow at 1:30 pm Eastern time in at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. This following is the recorded version.

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More Mars Mission Press Coverage:

• NBC: ‘Time Capsule to Mars’ Kicks Off $25 Million Crowdfunding Campaign
• Triangle Business Journal: Lockheed Martin intern Emily Briere is launching a mission to Mars. Ticket price? 99 cents
• Boston Globe: MIT students seek to send slivers of life to Mars
• SilicanAngle: The next mission to Mars will be funded by selfies
• National Geographic: Q&A: How a College Student Will Send a Time Capsule to Mars
• Space.com: Student-Led ‘Time Capsule to Mars’ Funding $25M Mission by Flying Photos
• Yahoo/LiveScience: These Students Want to Send a Time Capsule to Mars
• UCONN: UConn Students to Help Build Time Capsule to Mars
• Natural World News: Capsule Project Will Get a Digital Scrapbook on Mars
• The Verge: Earth will bombard Mars with videos, photos, and messages in 2017
• Crowdfunding PR: Students Launch $25M Crowdfunding Campaign to Offer Everyone on Earth a Digital Ride via Spacecraft to Mars for Only 99-Cents
• Science & Enterprise: Student Project Aims to Land Time Capsule on Mars

 

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Reward-Based Crowdfunding Seminar: Everything You Need for Success! – Presented by the NYC Crowdfunding Meetup Group in New York

Crowdfunding Subject Matter Experts Will Be Covering the “A-to-Zs” of Crowdfunding Strategies Including Important Case Studies, Research Strategies, Buzz Generation Techniques, Shooting Viral Pitch Videos as Well as How to Protect Intellectual Property

By Robert Hoskins

New York, NY – To meet the demand from entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses, the NYC Crowdfunding Meetup Group will be hosting a special Crowdfunding Seminar on April 1, 2014 at 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The event will be held on the 60th floor of the Empire State Building in the 1800 Accountant Office, which is located at 350 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10118.

Lucy Norris is a British correspondent who is now based in NYC. She freelances at a variety of media outlets including Alleywire, Millennium Magazine, the TV show “On Deck With Lucy”

Alex Feldman, the event organizer, has assembled an excellent team of crowdfunding subject matter experts that will be sharing tips, tricks and strategies on how to research, plan, and launch successful Rewards-based Crowdfunding campaigns. The event will be videotaped by the Reality Crowd TV crew.

Featured Speakers:

• 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm
  Registration
• 6:30 pm – 6:40 pm
  Introduction to Reward-Based Crowdfunding Campaigns
  Alex Feldman, CEO, CrowdsUnite
• 6:40 pm – 6:50 pm
  Crowdfunding Case Study: How I raised over $22,000!
  Alicia Hansen, NYC Salt Founder & Photographer
• 6:50 pm – 7:00 pm
  How to Research Existing Crowdfunding Projects
  Helen Donnelly, CMO, CrowdFunding4All
• 7:00 pm – 7:10 pm
  How to Create a Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
  Brian Meece, CEO, RocketHub
• 7:10 pm – 7:20 pm
  How to Make a Viral Crowdfunding Pitch Video
  Lucy Norris, Managing Editor, AlleyWire
• 7:20 pm – 7:30 pm
  How to Create Buzz for Crowdfunding Campaigns
  Howard Sherman, President, CrowdFundBuzz
• 7:40 pm – 8:30 pm
  Crowdfunding Question & Answer Session
• 8:30 pm – 9:00 pm
  Social Mixer & Business Networking Event

Reservations:
Tickets are $50, but early birds who sign up before Wednesday, March 26th will receive a $20 discount. The event is open to the general public, but seating is limited, so sign up ASAP at: http://www.meetup.com/NYC-CrowdFunding-Networking/events/171128902/.

Media:
Reporters get in free, but need to RSVP prior to the event with Crowdfunding PR Campaigns by sending Press RSVP request in order to enter the Empire State Building and proceed to the 60th floor. Members of the press should email rhoskins@frontpagepr.com for more information.

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Reality Crowdfunding TV Show Launches New Meetup Group and Google+ Hangout News Casts to Schedule Events, Conduct Interviews and Raise Awareness for Equity Crowdfunding Industry

This week executives from OTT Communications, CommunityLeader, Smart Money Entrepreneurs and Pepper Hamilton Law Firm will discuss how to raise money via title II equity crowdfunding campaigns

 By Robert Hoskins

 The Reality Crowd TV Show, based in Hartford, CT,  announced that it has added two important marketing tools to help extend the program’s ability to reach the growing worldwide audience that wants to learn about the benefits of equity crowdfunding and how to use the process effectively to raise money to start or expand small businesses.

The first business development tool launched was a http://www.Meetup.com/RealityCrowdTV  Meetup Group, which is a social media networking site that allows the program to reach millions of members worldwide who are searching for weekly activities to attend based on their personal interests.  Meetups feature an activity calendar, discussion groups, email blasts and other communication tools that make it easy to schedule crowdfunding events and invite a wide range of members to attend.

Reality Crowd TV Crowdfunding Series introduces Title II Equity Crowdfunding to Entrepreneurs and Startups

The second enhancement includes creating one of Google’s recently released Google+ Hangouts. The Hangouts allow the Reality Crowd TV program to host a fully interactive video news broadcast, which allows viewers to ask pre-newscast questions to be answered during interviews; to share PowerPoint presentations and conduct polls during the broadcast; as well as access cool new social media marketing tools that allow the show to target the very hard to reach target audience of 18 to 34 year-old millennials.

Reality Crowd TV’s next Google+ Hangout, entitled “Introduction of Title II Equity Crowdfunding to Entrepreneurs,” will be held Thursday, February 13^th at 6:00 pm Eastern Time.

Panelists can sign up for future shows at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Reality-Crowd-TV-Crowdfunding-Hangout-7455927?home=&gid=7455927&trk=anet_ug_hm.

After the news cast concludes the video will be archived on both Google+ and Youtube.com.

Guest Speakers include:

1. Manolis Sfinarolakis, Host, Reality Crowd TV
2. Kelly Peterson, CEO, OTT Communications Inc.
3. Joseph Barisonzi, CEO, CommunityLeader
4. Jeremy Andrews, CEO, Smart Money Entrepreneurs
5. Brian Korn, Attorney, Pepper Hamilton LLP

If your business would like to be featured on Reality Crowd TV, simply line up a panel of crowdfunding speakers that provide a good story and send us a media pitch at:

http://www.realitycrowdtv.com/contact-us-crowdfunding/

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Reality Crowd TV’s Jessica Sun Interviews Crowdfunding Service Provider CrowdCrux’s Salvador Briggman

Reality Crowd TV Interviews Sal with CrowdCrux

Jessica Sun, the CEO of Reality Crowd TV, a Reality TV Series, Show, and Program about the Crowdfunding Movement, interviews Salvadore Briggman, Crowdcrux and Kickstarter Forum, on his thoughts related to the growing Crowdfunding movement.

Company Websites:

• http://www.crowdcrux.com
• http://www.kickstarterforum.org

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Crowdfunding Experts Gather in New York to Educate Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses and Startups on How to Launch Successful Crowdfunding Campaigns

Reality Crowd TV’s Host Manolis Sfinarolakis will be interviewing crowdfunding advocates and subject matter experts on their visions for crowdfunding developments in 2014

By Robert Hoskins

The NYC Crowdfunding Meetup Group will be hosting a free Crowdfunding Networking Event on January 28, 2014 at 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm at EVR located at 54 West 39th Street in Midtown West Manhattan to promote the benefits of the crowdfunding industry for entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses and equity investors.

Alex Feldman, the NYC Crowdfunding Networking Meetup Organizer, has put together this networking event to allow interaction between crowdfunding advocates and seven subject matter experts who will provide short introductions to their areas of expertise.

Reality Crowd TV Crowdfunding Series

The event will provide subject matter experts on equity crowdfunding, social good crowdfunding, crowdfunding for publishing projects and crowdfunding consultants.

In addition, the Reality Crowd TV crew and Host Manolis Sfinarolakis will be filming three-minute pitches from crowdfunding advocates that would like to share their personal interests in the crowdfunding industry as well as their predictions of where the crowdfunding industry is headed in 2014.

Featured Speakers:

• Alex Feldman, Chief Executive Officer, CrowdsUnite, a leading resource for crowdfunding
• Daryl Montgomery, Organizer, NY Investing Meetup, currently writing 5th book on crowdfunding
• Amanda Barbara, Vice President, Pubslush, a leading publishing industry crowdfunding platform
• Aaron Kellner, Investment Executive, SeedInvest, a leading equity-based crowdfunding platform
• Minda Aguhob, Founder, Love Performs, a leading social good crowdfunding platform
• Anton Root, Editor, Crowdsourcing.org, a leading online crowdfunding magazine
• Manolis Sfinarolakis, Host, Reality Crowd TV, a leading crowdfunding TV program

Event Sponsor:

The event is being sponsored by Minda Aguhob, Love Performs’ CEO/Founder. Love Performs’ mission is to raise the level of love in action in the world by empowering passionate people with a purpose via crowdfunding campaigns. Minda has personally risen over $30,000 for Leukemia and Lymphoma research through crowdfunding campaigns.

Reservations:

Seating is limited. To RSVP for the free crowdfunding event, please visit: http://www.meetup.com/NYC-CrowdFunding-Networking/events/157334982/.

To RSVP for a free three-minute crowdfunding pitch to Reality Crowd TV program,
please visit: http://www.meetup.com/realitycrowdtv/events/159958102/.

Or send an email to rhoskins@frontpagepr.com to be placed on press list for interviews.

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