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Captain Picard was the greatest starship captain in history, but he's never actually been to space. Help us send him there on a balloon

Send Captain Picard to Space

Captain Picard was the greatest starship captain in history, but he's never actually been to space. Help us send him there on a balloon
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Logan Kugler
Logan Kugler
169 backers pledged $6,193 to help bring this project to life.
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Roberto Orci's action figure delivered

Just wanted to pop-in with a quick update and let all of you awesome Kickstarter backers know that Roberto Orci's action figure has been delivered to him and accepted! I... Read more

Direct link to our Discovery Channel episode

Just wanted to give you a direct link to our Discovery Channel episode in case you haven't seen it yet. I edited out the other bits so this video is... Read more

StarTrek.com article

Just wanted to pop-in and let you guys know that StarTrek.com (!) just published a guest post I wrote about Picard and Kirk's adventure getting to space. Thought you might enjoy... Read more

Shipping Soon: Star Trek Communicator Buttons

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Discovery Channel episode airs TONIGHT!

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Some big things are in the works for the follow-up to this project. If you didn't get a chance to back us, go to www.SendPicardToSpace.comand join our list to... Read more

Photo Story

 

Photo Story

 

Memory cards courtesy of SanDisk

Ordering 25 Subway sandwiches to feed the crew

Breaking out the helium tanks

Discovery Channel doing interviews

Balloon filling begins!

Picard... Read more

HISTORY HAS BEEN MADE!

Captain Jean-Luc Picard and Captain James Tiberius Kirk have been mythically soaring throughout the galaxy for as long as the last 45 years and finally, thanks to all of you,... Read more

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Funding Successful! You guys ROCK!

A-MAZ-ING! 

You, our Kickstarter backers, are truly incredible! Our goal of $2,750 was not only met, but we absolutely demolished it, ending with over $6,000 in pledges. Can't thank you... Read more
Successfully raised $6,193 with 169 backers

We have a logo!

Folks, we now have a logo for this project now thanks to the wonderful designer, Melissa Ventura (melissaventura.com)!

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We DID IT!

Thanks to you awesome backers for making it possible and now Captain Picard and Captain Kirk are going to (near) space!

This is just the beginning, folks! I have... Read more

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We added a reward tier! Get a piece of the project for only $40

We've decided we're going to fly a few Star Trek communicator buttons in the capsule. If you upgrade your commitment to $40 or kick in another $40 (if you already... Read more

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50% of the way there! And it gets more exciting...

We just hit the half way mark and decided that Picard and Kirk aren't going to ride alone! Aboard the USS Enterprise-D, we're also going to send Riker and Data!... Read more

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25% of the way there in the first 24 hours!

Within the first 2 hours, we became a Staff Pick! Thanks Kickstarter! One or more of you must be Star Trek fans. :-)

We're just passing $800 in the first 24 hours.... Read more
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