Make it live!
I want to get my paws on some of those goodies!
Vic.
We're excited to announce that the Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) Kickstarter campaign, which will fund the relocation of our audacious ballocket mission launch to Spaceport America, is now live. Following the reveal of our substantial mugs earlier today, we've given in to reader browbeating and have added an …
So how much is Dicky B charging you to let your balloon take off from his bit of Murrica?
And what's wrong with just driving to an empty bit, and letting it go from there? They have quite a lot of it over there you know.
Or just smuggle the fucker into Spain, and lie about the motor if customs pull you.
God, I'm a tight bastard.
:oD
> Take out the spaceport fees, kickstarter fees, the cost of the merchandise...
Wottabout taxes?
If this undertaking is being done under the auspices of El Reg (presumably already VAT registered) then won't there be VAT on the merch you sell. And maybe come corporation tax on the rest? (IANAA, but you'd already guessed that!).
If you're doing this in a personal capacity, what's your income tax situation. As for going to the USA on a commercial venture ... Does that need a visa? And I'd love to see your travel insurance application: "Oh yes, we want medical cover to go the the USA to launch a rocket ... "
I'm kind of hoping they can sneak in Ariadne and dad too. Stretch goal!
I don't normally support kickstarters that aren't really kickstarting something (like a company or product line), but Lester's antics have been quite entertaining over the years, so why not. Buying a glass so I can raise a pint to 'em on launch day.
...you just got me to put money up for the first time for a kickstarter project.
Wifey thinks it's a lot for "just a pint glass" but I know it's a special piece of memorabilia hewn from the living crystal that can only ever be a valuable investment in the advancement of human science and drinking.
Rumour has it that the States is a no (good) beer zone.
Although it's good to take the piss whenever possible, some of the best beers I've had lately have been from the USA. There *are* excellent brewers over there.
That said, the amount of good beer available pales into insignificance alongside the vast quantity of undrinkable horse piss they usually sell :-(
Vic.
As in most places, drinking shitty beer is entirely a choice. And it's a bad, stupid, and incomprehensible choice in the US, where for every tap with the bad stuff, there's always great stuff right next to it. And please choose it - most of the US would be fine telling you not to give any money to the Bud/Coors piss industrial complex. The US generally doesn't do bitter, but for everything else, we've got you covered.
I will also note - I've been on your side of the pond, and I found some atrociously bad beer amongst the great beers, including one that gave me a raging headache halfway through the first pint. What in the name of all that's unholy does Brains put in their beer? Ground glass?
Anyway, looks like the kickstarter is moving well. Hope it works out!
On my first visit to New York last year I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the US mircro-brewery scene is very active. I drank some great beers, including bitters, in Brooklyn.
You have my thruppny worth - well 20 quid for the mug actually. It'll look great next to my vi reference mug :D
There are some great beers BUT BUT BUT
For a head brewer to say that a beer is ok to drink when it is really cloudy with yeast is beyond the pale.
He was proud of his un-pasteurised, un-filtered beer but had never thought about letting a barrel settle before tapping into it.
Words failed me.
{happened in a town in Colorado last May}