Asteroid What! - Very Near Earth Asteroids

A project in Sydney, AU by William Crowe
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A free and easy to use website that will tell you when asteroids come closer than the Moon.
Backers: 81
Average Pledge Per Backer: $39 AUD

Funded: $3,158 AUD of $2,000 AUD
Dates: Jun 2nd -> Jun 30th (28 days)
Project By: William Crowe
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Latest News

24hrs to go - Help unlock Asteroid photo stretch goal

June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Falcon Telescope, Canberra We've got just over 24 hours left in our campaign and it's been great to watch the project grow on this end. That's me in the photo above, at UNSW Canberra's Falcon Telescope (Canberra is one of the coldest parts of... (Read More)

We did it!

June 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Congratulations - you have all helped fund this project! We're finalising preparations to put together and send out rewards. We'll be sending you all backer surveys after the project period finishes, so we can get details like sizes and addresses.... (Read More)

Asteroid Day

June 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Our campaign ends on International Asteroid Day - this coming Thursday (June 30)! The day lies on the anniversary of the largest recorded asteroid strike (the Tunguska Event in 1908). We'd like to invite you to a talk that we're giving on the day... (Read More)

Alert Email Prototype out!

June 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We have been busy coding and producing the art for the Asteroid Alert Emails. We hope you like what we've put together so far - but remember that it's a work in progress and we'd love your feedback in the project comments! Asteroid Alert Email... (Read More)

Rewards Updated

June 13th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Asteroid 2016 LP10 passes at 19% of Moon's distance

June 9th - via: kickstarter.com
This what we're all about! A new asteroid has been discovered (just over an hour ago). It is called 2016 LP10 and is about 6 metres across (about the size of a small truck). It has already passed the Earth a few hours ago, at 19% of the Moon's... (Read More)

Tees Please

June 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Have I told you all that you rock for backing? Perhaps I'm paraphrasing the last update, but it's true! Two things today - first, this is what our T-shirts look like:   HEO Robotics T-Shirt Second, we'll be updating the project info so it looks like... (Read More)

Thanks for backing!

June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We're really excited to have you back our project! Thanks for helping to make this information more accessible to the world. On this end, we have been working hard to produce the best rewards for you guys. Check out the 3D printed asteroid prototype... (Read More)

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