I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect the Principal Investigator was sold a bunch of baloney from the crowdsource outfit. They do take a large portion of

I don't know this for a fact, but I suspect the Principal Investigator was sold a bunch of baloney from the crowdsource outfit. They do take a large portion of the funding, after all. The PI had already been through Phase I and Phase II of NASA funding and likely went to crowdfunding because he lost Phase III. https://www.nasa.gov/general/an-innovative-solution-to-nasas-neo-impact-threat-mitigation-grand-challenge-and-flight-validation-mission-architecture-development/ https://www.nasa.gov/general/an-innovative-solution-to-nasas...