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Ron Garan

Ron Garan

Tucson, Arizona

Ron Garan is a decorated Astronaut, Fighter Pilot, Humanitarian and Social Entrepreneur. Ron champions his ‘Orbital Perspective’ message to improve life on earth.

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Having enjoyed an illustrious career that has cemented Colonel Ron Garan’s place as one of the world’s most influential individuals, the iconic father of three is a decorated NASA Astronaut, Fighter Pilot, and Test Pilot, Humanitarian and Social Entrepreneur.

As part of a select group of individuals who have been fortunate enough to see the world from space, Ron champions his ‘Orbital Perspective’ message to improve life on earth. Ron is celebrated not just for his research in space, but for his humanitarian contribution to life on earth.

Ron has spent 178 days in space and has traveled more than 71 million miles in 2,842 orbits of our planet. He flew on both the US Space Shuttle and Russian Soyuz spacecraft where accomplished four spacewalks. Ron also spent 18 days at the bottom of the ocean during a research mission held in the world’s only undersea research lab, Aquarius.

Later, Ron was assigned to the US Agency for International Development, leading the Unity Node project. Their task was to develop a universal, open-source platform, enabling humanitarian organizations to work towards mutual goals. In 2007 Ron founded Manna Energy Ltd. Created with the goal of leveraging the Carbon Market to finance humanitarian projects. Manna Energy Ltd is the first organization in the world to register a United Nations Clean Development Mechanism carbon credit program for water treatment.

From representing Manna Energy Ltd as one of ten global innovators in the field of water purification during the inaugural Launch Water Forum to his role as advisor to the Social Business movement, Ron continues to work towards a cleaner, safer and more peaceful planet. Ron’s critically acclaimed breakthrough book "The Orbital Perspective – Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles", was published by Berrett-Koehler.
https://www.rongaran.com/
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Success! Floating in Darkness has already sold 2036 pre-orders , was pitched to 37 publishers , and will be published by Something or Other Publishing .
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$20 F.I.D. CREWMATE

74 readers

Here you'll get:
- 1 Copy of the book "Floating in Darkness -" + Free eBook copy.
- You ALSO get exclusive access to updates and an invitation to join the F.I.D. community.

Total Value: $47.00

1 copy + ebook included

$5 shipping

$100 F.I.D. Four-Ship Flight Lead

28 readers

You'll get:
- 4 Autographed copies of the book "Floating in Darkness -" + 4 Free eBook copies.
- Exclusive access to updates and an invitation to join the F.I.D. community.
- An invitation to the book launch for you and 3 of your friends.

Total Value: $220.00

4 copies + ebook included

$20 shipping

$850 F.I.D. Mission Commander

3 readers

You'll get:
- 50 autographed copies of the book "Floating in Darkness -" + 50 Free eBook copies
- Exclusive access to updates and an invitation to join the F.I.D. community.
- An invitation to the book launch for you and 9 of your friends.
- A 1-year subscription to the exclusive bonus material for the Floating in Darkness podcast.
- Your name or company name mentioned in the book’s acknowledgments
- Free shipping

Total value: $1,800

50 copies + ebook included

Free shipping

$1600 Orbital Package

2 readers

You'll get:
- 100 autographed copies of the book "Floating in Darkness -" + 100 Free eBook copies
- Exclusive access to updates and an invitation to join the F.I.D. community.
- An invitation to the book launch to you and 15 of your friends.
- A 1-year subscription to the exclusive bonus material for the Floating in Darkness podcast.
- Your name or company name mentioned in the book’s acknowledgments.
- Half-hour Skype call with Ron to a group of your choosing.
- Free shipping.

Total Value: $9,000

100 copies + ebook included

Free shipping

$8000 Course Correction Package

1 reader

You'll get:
- 500 autographed copies of the book "Floating in Darkness -" + 500 Free eBook copies
- Exclusive access to updates and an invitation to join the F.I.D. community.
- An invitation to the book launch to you and 15 of your friends.
- A 1-year subscription to the exclusive bonus material for the Floating in Darkness podcast.
- Your name or company name mentioned in the book’s acknowledgments.
- A 1-hour Skype seminar with Ron to a group of your choosing and a mission patch that flew with Ron in space (with certification).
-Free shipping

Total Value $23,800

500 copies + ebook included

Free shipping

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$16000 Escape Velocity Package

1 reader

You'll get:
- 1,000 autographed copies of the book "Floating in Darkness -" + 1,000 Free eBook copies
- Exclusive access to updates and an invitation to join the F.I.D. community.
- An invitation to the book launch to you and 15 of your friends.
- A 1-year subscription to the exclusive bonus material for the Floating in Darkness podcast.
- Your name or company name mentioned in the book’s acknowledgments.
- A 1-hour live keynote or half-day seminar by Ron to a group of your choosing (at the location of the special book launch)
- A special book launch/signing event at the location of your choosing and a mission patch that flew with Ron in space (with certification).
-Free shipping.

Total Value: $68,500

1000 copies + ebook included

Free shipping

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$32000 Stellar Patron Package

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You'll get:
- 2,000 autographed copies of the book "Floating in Darkness -" + 2,000 Free eBook copies
- A full-day live seminar and keynote by Ron to a group of your choosing (at the location of the special book launch)
- A 1-year subscription to the exclusive bonus material for the Floating in Darkness podcast.
- A special book launch/signing event at the location of your choosing and a mission patch and a wristwatch that flew with Ron in space (with certification).
- Your name or company name mentioned in the book as a patron on the inside title page.
- Free shipping.

Total Value: $134,000

2000 copies + ebook included

Free shipping

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Update #4 - 3-Days Left Nov. 9, 2019

Hi everyone, if you haven't already joined, I want to remind everyone to join our closed Facebook group called the "Floating in Darkness Community".  https://www.facebook.com/groups/2110931872547720/
Here we will discuss the messages of the book. I've posted a sample chapter there for you to check out. The chapter (which is currently Chapter-8), is called "Road to the Launch Pad". It was really fun to write. I would love to hear what you think of it. 

Also, there are only 3 days left in the campaign and we are really close to breaking the Publishizer record. We only need 158 more preorders to pass the 2,000 mark. I would really appreciate any help you can lend to getting the word out about the campaign. The main purpose of the campaign is to build a community around the messages of the book and we need all the help we can get.

Here's the link to the campaign to share: https://publishizer.com/floating-in-darkness-/

Here's a tweet:

 https://twitter.com/Astro_Ron/status/1193242849887711233

a LinkedIn post:

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6599003256050057216/

And a Facebook post:



Thank you for supporting the campaign and thank you for helping to get the word out. We are so close,  Ron