From: Kickstarter HQ To: [email protected] Subject: Projects We Love: Out of This World Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 18:33:27 +0000 Having trouble viewing this email? View it online instead let,T' his Week on Kickstarter JULY 26, 2012 This week our projects are going far — to the printers, to the Olympics, or all the way to space. Don't worry, though. No matter where they end up, they're taking backers along for the ride. ;IT-REX Good as gold T-REX by Drea Cooper/Zackary CaneparilSue Johnson ,,Category Documentary jocation Flint. MI Claressa Shields is pretty much your typical 17-year-old girl, with crushes on boys and an affection for Twitter. Except for one thing: she's also the youngest, and one of the very first, women to ever box in the Olympics. In the ring, she goes by the name of T-Rex, which is also the title of the documentary about her life. The film follows her around the world as she navigates the promises and pitfalls of athletic celebrity, from Flint, Michigan all the way to — we hope! — the gold. EXPLORE THIS PROJECT EFTA01179732 Le-n'hese Days: A Novel A novel idea These Days: A Novel by Jack Chong PACategory Fiction jocation New York. NY il"1000 Student Projects to the Edge of Space 1000 Student Projects to the Edge of Space by John Powell ®Category Technology jocation Rancho Cordova, CA Jack Cheng is a writer and designer who spends most of his day in front of a computer, which serves as direct inspiration for his debut novel, These Days. Three years in the making, it tells the story of a tech-savvy boy who falls for a girl who doesn't even own a cell phone, and how their colliding worlds reflect our modern relationship to that thing we call The Internet. In a move sure to please both of his protagonists, he's set to self-release in digital and print editions. EXPLORE THIS PROJECT Ping pong satellites This fall, a group of students will send 1,000 ping pong balls into space. Each "PongSat" contains a pint-sized project, ranging from the super simple (a marshmallow!) to the wildly ambitious (miniature data logs), that will be launched into the atmosphere then returned to its creator with data and video from the flight. It's enough to make anyone feel like the next great space explorer, but you don't have to be a kid to get on board. Backers can pledge to send their own notes along for the ride! EXPLORE THIS PROJECT Love these projects too? Share the newsletter with your friends! [a, Share on R, Share on C.... L. I Not interested in receiving the newsletter? You can unsubscribe here: RUnsubscribe EFTA01179733 Copyright 2012 Kickstarter Inc. Kickstarter Inc. - 155 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002. EFTA01179734