天文学研究与Google Sky
Crowdfunding Astronomy Research with Google Sky
摘要：
近四年来，美国宇航局的开普勒太空望远镜在超过15万颗类似太阳的恒星周围寻找类似地球的行星。2008年，在几家科技公司的实物支持下，我们的非营利组织建立了“浅蓝点项目”，这是一个“收养一颗恒星”计划，支持对开普勒任务观测到的恒星进行科学研究。为了帮助其他天文学教育工作者进行成功的筹款工作，我描述了这个创新的众筹计划如何在过去七年中成功地吸引公众，以帮助在经济紧缩的时代支持一个国际团队。
英文摘要：
For nearly four years, NASA's Kepler space telescope searched for planets like Earth around more than 150,000 stars similar to the Sun. In 2008 with in-kind support from several technology companies, our non-profit organization established the Pale Blue Dot Project, an adopt-a-star program that supports scientific research on the stars observed by the Kepler mission. To help other astronomy educators conduct successful fundraising efforts, I describe how this innovative crowdfunding program successfully engaged the public over the past seven years to help support an international team in an era of economic austerity.
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