22-08-2015 14:10 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Smithsonian's 1st Kickstarter Raises $720,000 to 'Reboot' Spacesuits

The spacesuits worn by the first man to walk on the moon and the first American to fly in space will now be "conserved, digitized and displayed" thanks to the nearly 9,500 people who donated to the Smithsonian's first-ever Kickstarter campaign. The museum's "Reboot the Suit" crowd-funding campaign successfully raised a total of $719,779 – almost $220,000 more than its goal of $500,000 to research and display the spacesuit that moonwalker Neil Armstrong wore during the Apollo 11 missio
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