MarsVR - Virtual Reality Platform To Support Exploring Mars
A project in Hanksville, UT by The Mars Society000days
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The Mars Society is creating a virtual reality platform for serious research to support the human exploration of Mars.
Backers: 198
Average Pledge Per Backer: $159
Funded: $31,482 of $27,500
Dates: Apr 30th -> Jun 1st (32 days)
Project By: The Mars Society
Backers: 198
Average Pledge Per Backer: $159
Funded: $31,482 of $27,500
Dates: Apr 30th -> Jun 1st (32 days)
Project By: The Mars Society
$31,482
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 1 @ 00:02 -0400 GMT
114%
of goal
(loading your very own snazzy kicktraq chart)
Latest News
Final Hours of Phase 1 Kickstarter! 
May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers, We are now in the home stretch — there’s only a few hours left (it ends at 9PM Pacific time tonight.) It would be great if you could tell your friends and colleagues about it... see if they are interested in joining us... (Read More)
36 Hours Remaining - We passed $30,000 and on the way to first Stretch Goal!
May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers! Only 36 hours remaining, and we are at 111% of goal and passed $30,000! A big THANK YOU to all of the backers that have pledged to our project. If we get to $35,000 by tomorrow 9pm PST, we will increase the amount of... (Read More)
Amazing Day Today -- 107% of Goal!
May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers, Since we met our goal yesterday just before midnight, we've had a stellar day -- now we're at 107% and we are about to break $30k! Wow!! Thank you to Dr. Jean Hunter of Cornell who donated $500... she used to run the MDRS... (Read More)
MarsVR Reaches Goal / New Stretch Goals
May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers, I am so happy to announce that earlier tonight we reached our Kickstarter goal!! Thank you to Sacha Greer who purchased a crewmember seat for MDRS Crew 197 this October! The Expanse gets saved and MarsVR reaches its goal... (Read More)
More Press... Front Page of Mars Daily Today
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, Looks like we made the front page of Mars Daily today. Very exciting! We also are now just under $5000 remaining towards our goal! Please consider increasing your pledge to help us close the gap. We only have 8 days remaining... If you... (Read More)
Meet our "Dream Team"
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Greeting CrowdExplorers! Today The Mars Society has announced via Dr. Robert Zubrin our “Dream Team” of VR & photogrammetry experts, 3-D game developers, and a former astronaut! They are going to help us make our dream of VR for search... (Read More)
10 Amazing New Kickstarter Projects This Week
May 20th - via: geekdad.com
From a timepiece for keeping track of very long timespans to a Google Assistant device with excellent looks and sound, these new Kickstarter projects are amazing! (Read More)
New Reward Level - Embroidered Patches!
May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, I'm excited to report some news on the Kickstarter. We are working with a vendor that can make embroidered patches, just like the ones you see astronauts wear on their uniforms and bomber jackets. We will be offering three different types... (Read More)
100 Backers!
May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers, We just received our 100th pledge of support for MarsVR Phase 1 on Kickstarter! Thank you to Thomas Manson who pledged at the $50 level to receive the Metal Medallion reward. I just received some of the first samples of... (Read More)
We just hit $20,000! 73% of Goal!
May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers, I'm happy to report we have just passed $20,000 towards our overall goal of $27,500. A big THANK YOU to all the backers and supporters that have gotten us this far. We still have plenty of metal medallions available as... (Read More)
Kickstarter is now featuring us as a "Project We Love"!
May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Exciting News! The MarsVR program team was just informed by Kickstarter that our project has been selected as a "Project We Love". Kickstarter is now featuring us prominently on their platform. You can now see the "Project We Love" badge on our... (Read More)
Program Update - May 7th, 2018
May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers! Here’s the latest update on our Phase 1 Kickstarter as well as the latest from our development team. First, let’s talk about how the Kickstarter is going. As of today, we are 1 week into the campaign and we’ve raised a... (Read More)
Founding CrowdExplorer Badges
May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers, I wanted to share with you some exciting new design work we just completed. We will be using this in a couple ways for the project: when you participate in the Phase 1 MDRS training experiences, you will be able to earn... (Read More)
MDRS Crew Rotation is now October 2018!
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers, I have GREAT news -- our Program Manager & Director of the MDRS, Dr. Shannon Rupert, has agreed to pull in the date for the special crew rotation for MarsVR MDRS Crewmembers. Instead of it being in May 2019, now it... (Read More)
Day 2 Update for MarsVR
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Greetings CrowdExplorers, I am thrilled to report some amazing progress for today! First of all -- an update on the Kickstarter... We are now making a lot of progress towards our overall goal after only 40 hours into our campaign! As of this... (Read More)
Image of Metal Medallion
May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi all, I just received this photo of our sample for the Medal Medallion, and wanted to share right away! We'll be tweaking the font on the back for "MarsVR" but otherwise this is indicative of what the reward will be like. Did I mention it glows... (Read More)
Amazing First Day
May 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Wow, we had a great first day! Here are the stats as of tonight (less than 24 hours into the Kickstarter) ... Total Contributed: $ 12,551 — This is 45% of our goal. Backer Count: 26 Facebook Video views: 10,507 --- we hit 10,000 in less than 1 day... (Read More)
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