Archive / August, 2012

Uwingu Begins Funding Research Ahead of Schedule via Crowd Funding: SETI Allen Telecope Array Chosen

Uwingu, LLC and the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array (ATA) designed to search out extraterrestrial life, together announced today that the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array’s science team will be the first project funded by Uwingu, via its crowd-sourcing IndieGoGo campaign. Uwingu will donate half of all “bonus” funds above its $75K business launch target […]

XCOR Becomes Corporate Sponsor of UwinguTM: A Space Apps Company Aiming To Further Space Exploration

XCOR Aerospace, a leader in commercial suborbital spaceflight, has become a corporate sponsor of Uwingu LLC’s crowd-sourcing campaign to generate funds to launch its first web-based products. XCOR Aerospace, a leader in commercial suborbital spaceflight, has become a corporate sponsor of Uwingu LLC’s crowd-sourcing campaign to generate funds to launch its first web-based products. Uwingu […]

Launching a more Scientific Future

Uwingu, LLC, a space-themed, for-profit start-up, plans to launch an ongoing series of public-engagement projects and to use proceeds from those projects to generate funding for space exploration, research, and education efforts around the world. Uwingu (which means “sky” in Swahili and is pronounced “oo-wing-oo) consists of astronomers, planetary scientists, former space-program executives, and educators. […]