Mar
15
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admin
3/15/2010 7:14 PM
We have added a new feature to Getting There From Here that allows you to contribute money (via PayPal) directly toward helping us reach our goals. In fact, we will tell you in every case specifically what goals we are trying to achieve!
Since one of our guiding principles is complete transparency, whenever you donate* money to Getting There From Here, you will always know how we spend your money. In fact, more often than not, you'll know before you donate.
The first goal for which we are raising funds is to join the International Space Elevator Consortium, a group of organizations and individuals (and possibly businesses, although I don't think I saw any on their website, so we might be the first) that is working toward the establishment of a space elevator. While we do not necessarily believe that a space elevator is the only possible path to low-cost, reliable access to orbital space, it is—as far as we know—the only method that currently has a solid, reputable organization pushing it forward.
We have other goals for the future, but let's start off with this small one: sixty-five dollars to join ISEC (if by some miracle we get a lot of money, we'll join at one of the higher levels). By supporting GTFH at this time, you can also support ISEC.
* - Note that Getting There From Here is a for-profit business, not a charity, so donations are not tax deductible.
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