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Smithsonian launches Kickstarter to 'reboot' Neil Armstrong spacesuit display [i]The Smithsonian launched its first-ever crowdfunding campaign on Monday (July 20) in an effort to preserve, conserve and display the spacesuit that Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong wore while becoming the first man to walk on the moon. The Washington, DC institution inaugurated a multi-project partnership with the crowdfunding website Kickstarter with "[URL=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smithsonian/reboot-the-suit-bring-back-neil-armstrongs-spacesu]Reboot the Suit[/URL]," a campaign to raise $500,000 to digitize and exhibit Armstrong's spacesuit at the National Air and Space Museum in time for the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing mission in 2019. The fundraising effort began 46 years to the day after Armstrong's historic "small step" on July 20, 1969. "This is the crown jewel of our collection," Cathleen Lewis, who as curator oversees the spacesuits at the National Air and Space Museum, told collectSPACE. "Kickstarter is a very new and innovative way to go for the Smithsonian. We haven't done anything like this before."[/i]
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