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If LunaSea had mentioned those reasons and some supporting evidence, it would have been a better comment. Two of the points raised by bllckchps I've been able
by SyneRyder 11y ago
If LunaSea had mentioned those reasons and some supporting evidence, it would have been a better comment. Two of the points raised by bllckchps I've been able to verify for myself:
* The crowd funding campaign goal has been modified since the article was published. The article said the goal was $13,000, but the goal has now changed to $18,000. [1]
* Some of the content on The Center for Planetary Science website is just a cut and paste from Wikipedia with a few words changed. Compare [2] and [3].
[1] https://www.gofundme.com/wow-experiment https://www.gofundme.com/wow-experiment
[2] http://planetary-science.org/astrophysics/black-holes/ http://planetary-science.org/astrophysics/black-holes/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole
- ChrisGranger 11y agoSomeone in the comments at The Guardian said that the initial goal was actually $10,000. That number has been all over the place. I'm interested in both crowdfunding and astronomy, but this particular campaign seems like one that should be avoided.
- SyneRyder 11y agoI just logged in today and it's requesting $20,000 now. That part of the campaign alone seems really odd....