ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN: The spacesuit US astronaut Neil Armstrong wore during his outing on the lunar surface that the Smithsonian is hoping to restore via crowdfunding.
WASHINGTON: The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum turned to Kickstarter on July 20 to raise US$500,000 (RM1.90mil) to restore the spacesuit that Neil Armstrong wore when he became the first man to walk on the moon.
It marked the first time that any Smithsonian museum has embraced crowdfunding to help cover the cost of preserving its most valuable artefacts from the ravages of time.
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