| 6/28/07 News |
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New Mexico, here we come! We have passed the bottom fundraising threshold and now have enough Contributions, Sponsors, Assets(From 2006) and Pledges to finish the climber and make it to the competition in New Mexico!
We
are now calling ourselves a "Participant". That means that we can buy
enough solar cells to make the climber function but not enough to
secure a win. We will still be working to raise more money to fill out
the solar cell budget. We can buy them in batches costing about $1,750.
Look at the attached graphic to see the fundraising goals.
Budget amount Competitiveness
$15,000 Land Lubber
$32,000 Participant
$37,000 Contender
$42,000 In-The-Money
$53,000 Dominating
Those
of you who have pledged, I would like to encourage you to send in your
contribution as we are ordering the parts and building as fast as the
money allows.
We
currently have the parts needed to test every aspect of this years
climber designs. In the next three weeks we should be testing
each component and be able to come up with solid performance
predictions. Our current predictions are based on specs and estimates.
In
case you have not heard the venue will not be in Las Vegas. It looks
like we will be at the fairgrounds that held the qualifications last
year. This is good news as we really liked the facilities there and
kinda know our way around Las Cruces.
Be
sure and check out the New York Times Magazine in this Sunday's paper
for the Centennial Challenges article. I think my messy garage will be
in there.
Brian Turner
Captain,
KC Space Pirates
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