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Topic: Apollo: The Panoramas (Mike Constantine)
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mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-23-2015 08:43 AM
   
The KickStarter just passed the 400% funded mark! Thanks again to all of you who pledged.I am still getting emails from people who think it is too late to pledge for a book. This is not the case, the campaign runs until October 9th. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-29-2015 04:55 PM
collectSPACE Apollo panoramas: Moon landings go wide in crowdfunded photo bookA new photo book about the Apollo moon landings provides a "wide look" at the lunar surface vistas that astronauts saw and captured on film more than 40 years ago. "Apollo: The Panoramas," now being crowdfunded through Kickstarter, binds together more than 50 sprawling scenes digitally assembled from the thousands of photos taken by the moonwalkers between July 1969 and December 1972. "'Apollo: The Panoramas,' as the title implies, is dedicated to high resolution assembly of the panoramic sequences that the astronauts captured on the lunar surface," Mike Constantine, the book's author, told collectSPACE. "Other books have included a small number of the panoramas as part of a collection of general Apollo images, but this book features over fifty seamless panoramas, each one over a full width, double page spread."  |
Buel
Member Posts: 649
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 09-30-2015 02:41 PM
OMG (as the kids apparently say)!! I have just used the 360 'drag around' panorama tool on Mike's site. It is the closest thing we'll ever get to being there!Very, very impressive, Mike! Thanks a lot! |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 10-05-2015 03:58 AM
Thanks Buel, will hopefully add some more 360 degree pans soon.Meanwhile, over the weekend the Kickstarter passed the 500% closely followed by the 600% funded marks! A really amazing response, I never imagined it would go this far! There are now only 4 days remaining on the Kickstarter, so if you still want to get the book via the campaign and other goodies there is not much time left. |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 10-07-2015 03:16 PM
Can't believe this, the Kickstarter has now passed 700% funded! Thank you to everyone on here who pledged.There are now less than two days to run on the Kickstarter! |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 10-08-2015 05:04 AM
Only 1 day to go until the KickStarter ends (finishes Friday about 3.15pm UK time/ 10.15am EDT)Another short excerpt from Charlie Duke on the Apollo 16 landing spot:  |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 10-09-2015 04:00 AM
Wow! Over 800% funded now with just 45 minutes to go.Kickstater finishes today (Friday 9th Oct) at 3.15pm UK time/ 10.15am EDT |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 10-09-2015 09:46 AM
The Kickstarter is now over!A big thanks once again to everybody who pledged. If you missed out on the Kickstarter but still want a book, then don't worry, we will be listing Apollo: The Panoramas on the Moonpans website and also on Amazon soon after the Kickstarter books have been shipped out. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-05-2015 09:46 PM
And when will they be shipped out? |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-09-2016 05:22 PM
I have received several emails purporting to come from Kickstarter asking me for information in return for a "reward." There is an implication that if I don't provide the information, I won't receive the book that I pledged money for. Is this genuine? Has anyone else who made a pledge in support of the book received this email? Can I be sure it's not a scam? |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 01-09-2016 05:41 PM
The emails from Kickstarter are genuine. They are known as backer surveys and they are how the backer's name and shipping address get sent to the Kickstarter creator in order to receive their reward, i.e. the book.For backers who ordered a signed and personalised book, the survey also asks for their requested personalisation details. |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-09-2016 11:09 PM
I have gotten and replied to the Kickstarter email a few days ago, and I look forward to the book, this is exciting! |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-10-2016 12:56 PM
Thanks for the reassurances. You can't be too careful these days! |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-18-2016 08:48 AM
My copy arrived today. Superb! |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-20-2016 06:11 PM
Mine arrived today. Very impressive...looks like you could almost step into the photos. Great job in all respects! Thanks Mike. |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-20-2016 06:43 PM
My copy arrived in perfect shape today (thanks for the careful packaging), and this is better than Xmas! This is a great book, and as stated in the previous post it is like being on the moon myself.Thanks to moonpans for a great product, I am a very happy customer! |
18blue78
Member Posts: 126
From: UK
Registered: Aug 2013
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posted 01-21-2016 04:06 AM
My copy arrived a few days ago and is better then I expected. Well done Mike getting this book produced. |
David C
Member Posts: 1014
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 01-21-2016 06:53 AM
My copy has arrived. To be honest I wasn't blown away. Many of the pages were lightly creased. Also, whilst my own large size Moonpans panoramas are spectacular, when reduced to book size they lack the wow factor for me. |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 01-21-2016 12:40 PM
quote:
Originally posted by David C:
Many of the pages were lightly creased.
Sorry to hear your book arrived with slight damage, contact me off-forum and I can sort out a replacement for you.The size of the book was advertised on Kickstarter as 14x10.25 inches (which therefore opens up to 28x10.25 inches). It would have been impractical to make it any larger, being both very expensive to produce and very expensive to ship. Yes the panoramic prints are spectacular, but for the same price as one print, you get over 50 panoramas in the book, with descriptions and moonwalker recollections. So they are two quite different products. |
machbusterman
Member Posts: 1778
From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Registered: May 2004
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posted 01-22-2016 12:22 AM
My copy arrived yesterday in perfect condition. Absolutely blown away with it. The wonder and splendour of each vista is perfectly captured in these expertly put together panoramas. The narrative, traverse map and astronauts comments just add to what was already an outstanding book.Great job Mike!! |
David C
Member Posts: 1014
From: Lausanne
Registered: Apr 2012
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posted 01-22-2016 03:02 AM
quote:
Originally posted by mmmoo:
So they are two quite different products.
Yep I knew the size. I suppose another way of putting it is for those who don't own any of the large pans, the book is no substitute, they need to get prints as well.I'll be in touch when I get home, thanks. |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 01-27-2016 03:30 PM
Apollo: The Panoramas is now available to purchase direct from the Moonpans website  I would like to thank once again all of the Kickstarter backers, many of whom have been getting in touch to say how much they liked the book. All of the comments really mean a lot! |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 02-01-2016 01:40 PM
Apollo: The Panoramas book along with the Apollo 12 lucite has arrived today. I have done a lot of Kickstarter campaigns and this project has had the best results. The book is beautiful. The narrations are great. It just adds to the collective knowledge of Apollo. Thanks Mike. |
Wehaveliftoff
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 02-02-2016 01:03 PM
Just wondering how close in color these panoramas are to the Chinese ones just released about the surface of the moon? |
Buel
Member Posts: 649
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 02-02-2016 04:29 PM
My book arrived today. A good friend of mine recently quoted 'The kidz of today' when he emailed me saying 'OMG'. Well I'm not kid and am certainly not 'down with it' but I will also say OMG!!This book has it all. I think the best thing I can say about it is studying the panoramas honestly takes me just a little bit closer to the lunar surface. That is worth the cost alone!! |
mprender
Member Posts: 21
From: Winston Salem North Carolina
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 02-03-2016 09:22 AM
Book arrived yesterday and it's fantastic. As others here have said, it's amazing to look at the photos and discover details that are missed in smaller pictures. Incredibly well done book that will be sure to please anyone interested in the Apollo landings! |
freshspot
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posted 02-10-2016 08:42 AM
I just got my copy and it is stunning. Thanks for doing the book, Mike!Dave Scott
(not the astronaut) |
NeilPearson
Member Posts: 147
From: UK
Registered: May 2013
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posted 02-10-2016 10:11 AM
As someone who played a small part in the production of Mike's amazing book, I'm really pleased to see the positive comments here. Thanks to everyone who put their faith in his Kickstarter campaign! |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-25-2016 09:27 AM
Nice book with contributions of four Apollo moonwalkers, among which the late Edgar Mitchell... But at size 25 by 35 cm a missed chance to get a really large book. |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 04-21-2016 04:41 AM
Got a very nice hand-typed card from Tom Hanks regarding our "Apollo: The Panoramas" book:  |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
From:
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 04-21-2016 08:22 PM
WOW, Mike, that Tom Hanks certainly tops mine by him. Am I missing something, Phillip's remark said something about different sized books? |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 07-18-2016 09:03 AM
"Apollo: The Panoramas" made 'Book Of The Month' and received 5 Stars in the August edition of BBC's Sky At Night Magazine.  |
NeilPearson
Member Posts: 147
From: UK
Registered: May 2013
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posted 07-18-2016 01:46 PM
That's a great review. ...a great deal of care and attention has gone into this book's production He must have seen the number of emails going back and forth between us, Mike! |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 08-19-2017 08:11 AM
Review of 'Apollo: The Panoramas' in Engineering and Technology Magazine. |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 10-02-2017 06:16 AM
Very cool to see a copy of Apollo: The Panoramas sitting on the bookshelf of Neil deGrasse Tyson in a TODAY interview |
mmmoo
Member Posts: 551
From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 03-22-2018 07:00 AM
"Apollo: The Panoramas" is now available at the special offer price of $55 down from $65. |
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