My name is Anthony David Adams and I intend to trade One Toy Spaceship for a ride into space. I started with my toy spaceship on January 1st, 2011 and I am making a series of trades for bigger or better space-related things. Additionally, I will also be giving away 17,000 space exploration curriculum kits so students can shoot HD Video of near space. My current item up for trade is One Zero G Space Flight. Do you want to experience weightlessness? Make me an offer at anthony@onetoyspaceship.com or call/text me at (917)284-8232. I am based in New York City, but you can trade from anywhere in the galaxy.
We got the most votes (32,077) now just waiting on the judges!
I walked into my office a few weeks ago and laying on my desk was a 2 page ad spread for the Metro New York : Race For Space in which they would be sending someone on a suborbital ride in 2014. Turns out it didn't appear via worm hole, rather Mike Brancatelli from CitizenNY left it for me and thought I would be interested -- I was and I entered within minutes. The contest called for submitting an application and then driving votes to your entry. A panel of judges would then select finalists from each of the countries where Metro has a prescence, and then again select one overall winner.
We rallied, and ended up with 32,077 votes 239 comments and over 1k facebook likes! We took first place in terms of votes, so now it is up to the judges to determine what happens next.
The contest prize package includes the following:
Spaceflight from the SXC Space Mission in Curacao
Return flight to Curacao
Three nights in a five-star hotel
Two training missions in Holland
Return air ticket to the Netherlands, plus hotel accommodation
Mission-tactics training course
Desdemona Simulator: the first simulator that both offers a full range of motion and is capable of generating all G-forces up to 3.3G.
L-39 Albatross Jet: get used to flying in a high-performance aircraft, wearing a helmet – and even pulling some Gs!
Optional Mission Reporting to Metro Readers on 4 Continents
Close to 10,000 people entered from all over the world, so now we will just wait and see who they select! The April 12th edition of METRO NEW YORK will have the local finalists and it's supposed to be a "space issue"!
There has been so much amazingness cooking up behind the scenes as I finalize the details of the next trade, but I can't announce it quite yet AND I've got some cool space stuff to post to the site soon as well, including some video footage of me with astronauts. But before all of that, I want to announce who has won the NOOK and NOOKA Watch!
I selected a panel of experts from various fields and they helped me determine who should win the NOOK. As for the NOOKA Watch, I choose someone who tweeted the link to the site out.
Meet the selection committee:
Sarah Marr (@scidoll) does science & tech 'stuff' to make the world better. She'll be up in space at some point, too. scidoll.com
Doug Akin (@dugger) world adventurer and former co-owner of Mr.Youth and social media kingpin.
Michael Vassar sometimes does what he should, as far as he can tell, even without being told to. So far this seems to consistently work out well for him. He is also known for running the Singularity Institute.
Kym Nicholas is a 2x emmy nominated reporter at Forbes and a regular contributor on Fox News Channel, Bay Area's NBC 11 and KRON 4.
Drumroll...
The Winner of the Nook is Craig Stover!
"I want to go to outer space because it was always my dream since I was a kid, and I can be the first disabled veteran in space, showing others to not give up on their dreams no matter what life throws at you and I am willing to trade my 19 year old daughter since I apparently have nothing more to teach her since she apparently knows everything now."
The Winner of the Nooka Watch is Cindy Hickman!
"I want to go to outer space because this place is too crowded and I am willing to trade my Starskey and Hutch dolls!"
I was live onCNET's The 404 Video Podcast talking about One Toy Spaceship, and thought it would be fun to do a little giveaway from the site. Up for grabs is a Nook (that you can load up with all sorts of space related books, like The Right Stuff) and a really dope watch from Nooka (who is helping us design the Students In Space Kits!).
Ok, so the Nook isn't really from outer space, but if you're planning a trip to the ISS, it will save you a ton in baggage charges.
The contest is simple.
1) Like OneToySpaceship.com
2) Leave a comment on this blog post that answers this question: I want to go to outer space because________ and I am willing to trade ____________.
Lot's of great press going on recently from Rainn Wilson tweeting about me to this latest video on Forbes.com They shot this when I was out in San Fransisco about 2 months ago while visiting NASA about the One Toy Spaceship Project!
Things are getting pretty serious! With this trade, we are flirting with the edges of space. Imagine being able to experience weightlessness! Well.. thats exactly what this latest trade has brought us.
Matt Barrie, the CEO of Freelancer.com has just traded a Zero G Flight for the "Out Of This World Experience". Freelancer.com is the world's largest outsourcing marketplace. They allow for businesses to connect with freelancers all over the world, and outsource projects at a fraction of what they would cost to do in house.
The Zero G Flight is the closest thing you can get to weightlessness on Earth. You and a small group of other adventurers board a specially modified 747. The plane climbs to 30,000 feet, where it begins to make a series of parabolic dives. 15 dives in total with about 20-30 seconds of weightlessness per dive. You'll float around the cabin, chase down floating water drops and floating candy, and preform aerial stunts. Truly a one of a kind experience!
I wonder if you could outsource a space mission?
This is really a major milestone for the project, and I can feel that we are in the home stretch here.. Now who has got something amazing to trade?
Do you want to experience weightlessness on a Zero G Flight?
I was daydreaming about what the next trade should / could be, and I think that we are ready for something big... like a car.
I'm applying a full court press to somone to trade space themed car for the Awesomeness Fest VIP Ticket, who aside from being featured on Oprah's Big Give, being a best selling author and being a business celebrity, he is also the marketing guru behind a large car dealership. I contacted him, and he asked me what cars there were with space themed names.
So I went over to the Craigslist Automotive Forum and asked folks for some help in creating a list of cars that had outer-space themed makes / models. the response was awesome! The cars were really fun, so I decided to spin out this weekend and put together a slide show of the list we came up with.
You know who you are, if you're listening -- any of these cars will do.. OR if you've got one of these beauties in your garage, and would like to trade it for a VIP Out Of This World Experience to Hawaii, let me know!
Right around the time I was doing the trade with the Universe for the space books, I had a sense this entire project could have deeply spiritual implications. Anytime we set out to do something outrageous, and put faith in ourselves and in the ability for order to arise from the chaos of life as we attain our goals, there is something profound happening there...
I began to think of one of the most in-tune, spiritually advanced humans I know -- a fellow by the name of Vishen. I first discovered Vishen when I saw him speaking at Yanik Silver's Underground in DC last year -- he gave a keynote like I had never seen before -- literally leading thousands of people in singing Queen's Bohemiem Rahpsody together. I speak around the country, and generally get 5 star reviews, but this was mind blowing -- I knew I had to meet Vishen Lakhiani.
I was excited to learn Vishen would be attending Summit Series (a group which I played a significant role in getting off the ground) in DC. I sent him a "meeting request" through the Summit web site for 4pm on the first day of the conference. (For those of you who don't know Summit Series, think TED, but a younger and cooler crowd ;) ) Anyhow, Vishen apparently didn't log in and check to see his meeting requests, so I never heard back from him. However, that didn't stop the Universe from bringing us together. At literally 4pm on the dot on day 1, I found myself walking out of the mens room, along side Vishen. We struck up a conversation and really connected..
Cut to this project... Vishen's company, MindValley, is out of this world, and I figured they would have something amazingly cool to trade. I hadn't talked to him since Summit, but I remembered looking over their products and seeing courses that helped people quantum jump into parallel universes. This seemed space related to me, so I shot Vishen an email and asked if he'd be interested in trading for the paintings.
He was stoked to do it! And thinks too all of you who emailed, commented, and facebooked me, we've decided to trade our amazing paintings from Kate Banazi for [[[drum roll]]]...
An "Out of this World Experience" - a VIP Ticket to MindValley's 2nd Annual Invite OnlyAwesomeness Fest Nov. 3-6, 2011 in HAWAII (tickets cost $2,000+!)
Learn more at: http://AwesomenessFest.com and
if you don't have anything to trade me, request an invite ;)
Here is what Elliott Bisnow, founder of Summit Series had to say about AwesomenessFest...
"I had one of the most mind expanding and incredible four days of my life at Awesomeness Fest.
Game changing to the point of: I have a new outlook on being humble and engaged during conversations courtesy of Sean Stephenson's talk, I've been waking up the last two days to a sauna / stretching / cold pool and 15 minute meditation that has spurred literally 50+ ideas, I'm starting a 10 day master cleanse tomorrow with Ron to get our bodies and minds in shape, I zoomed out on my life and need to focus in on more areas not just business and Friends / family but health and wellness, life purpose, charity and giving, love / passion, and adventure / travel
I'm ready to build a legendary life and career. Talent wins games, team work wins championships. The conquering of ones self is the first and greatest victory.
Cheers for allowing us to open ourselves the last 4 days and re examine our goals and purpose."
- Elliott Bisnow, Founder Summit Series
So, the trade is OFFICIAL! Things are really serious now that we've broken into the 4 figure trade range. If you've got something awesome to trade, hit me up! Otherwise, comment, and tell your friends about what we are up to.
