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Locust-Of-Control [soylentnews.org] writes:

The Smithsonian Institution's very first online crowdfunding – an effort to restore and preserve Neil Armstrong's spacesuit from the 1969 Apollo 11 mission – has exceeded it's goal [phys.org] of $500,000, ending with $720,000. Additionally, the excess funds of Smithsonian's "Reboot the Suit [kickstarter.com]" mission will be used to preserve and display the spacesuit worn by Alan Shepard.

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