Assertion: slat | /r/CapableOf | raise fund
Facets:
value: to launch a research expedition
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: In 2013 a talk that he had given at a TED satellite event went viral, creating a wave of public interest that allowed Slat to raise the funds to launch a research expedition to the North Atlantic Gyre, followed by a large-scale test of his design near the Azores Islands last year.