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Topic: KSC Surplus: Flown shuttle tires
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Moonpaws
Member Posts: 685
From: Lee's summit, MO
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 02-18-2005 07:09 PM
   
Dave, better yet, if you give me $5, I will roll you down a Lake Tahoe ski trail.
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pokey
Member Posts: 361
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 02-18-2005 09:05 PM
My dear hubby is breathing easier since I have assured him that I will NOT bid on any of these historic yet bulky items. [He does say that he will retrofit a space toilet into our bathroom, so if anyone has one of those for a good price please let me know. I have to get him back for teasing me about my hobby.] |
eilisk
Member Posts: 100
From: London
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 02-19-2005 07:02 AM
I too would be interested in a chunk - molded or not!  |
Ashy
Member Posts: 157
From: Preston, England
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 02-19-2005 08:23 AM
I'm abit late on this one but include me in for a chunk! |
scout706
Member Posts: 166
From: Phoenix, AZ USA
Registered: May 2002
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posted 02-19-2005 10:52 AM
I want one (or three) chunks!! I would need to sleep on a fellow cS'rs couch if I brought home a complete tire. |
spaceheaded
Member Posts: 147
From: MD
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 02-19-2005 04:01 PM
I could use a pair... whitewall, please. |
lewarren
Member Posts: 269
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 02-19-2005 09:48 PM
I would want a piece of tire.Producing a lucite presentation would be pretty costly, I would guess. The mini-tire is a neat idea, but impractical and would be likey be very costly. |
Patch_Designer
New Member Posts: 9
From: Scottsdale, AZ USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 02-20-2005 11:53 AM
I'd be interested in a "chunk". The keychain idea sounds interesting, but the pieces might be too small. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2913
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 02-21-2005 02:06 PM
Let me check on the tires as the auction site is right down the road from me. I have a few flown OV-tires from the same agency (both nose and main gear) + one from STS-32 that already has a cut-cross view section as most of the tire is still in one piece. If any CS members would like a cut-piece of that particular used/flown tire from Columbia's 9th oribtal mission from Jan. 1990, perhaps I can find someone, or the right kind of cutting tools, to enable more cut-sections. Would anyone be interested in having me do something like this, and of course, not at a big cost (perhaps a low fee)? |
Ashy
Member Posts: 157
From: Preston, England
Registered: Mar 2004
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posted 02-22-2005 06:37 AM
Ken, I'ld be interested. |
spaceman
Member Posts: 1104
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 02-22-2005 05:52 PM
Ken, count me in too please. I'm exhibiting parts of my space collection this year. Some time ago you did a free goody bag if we sent a stamped addressed envelope. I did and all of the items you provided to me are forming parts of the exhibit. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 02-22-2005 07:48 PM
Hey, I'd be interested. Of course, I'm trying to cut down on stuff due to lack of space (no pun intended), but I just realized I could shadowbox it with the seeds from LDEF....Now, if only someone had a tire chunk from STS-13/Mission 41C.... |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 02-23-2005 01:06 PM
I'd be interested too Ken... |
jeffbassett
Member Posts: 109
From: Toledo
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 02-23-2005 04:42 PM
NASA Watch noticed this and posted that they thought these would be better in museums than up for auction. As NASA monitors the NASA Watch site closely, looks like they reconsidered and have taken them off the auction: Editor's note: I have to think that there is a museum - perhaps a small one - somewhere in the United States where such a piece of space flown hardware would receive a special place of honor. Selling this item as surplus runs the risk that it might end up inside a plastic bag in some collector's garage.Update: NASA Modification to a Previous Presolicitation Notice: Sale of Flown Shuttle Tires, Main Landing Gear This Sale Is Cancelled Due To Withdrawal Of Property By NASA Headquarters For Future Exhibits |
cfreeze79
Member Posts: 455
From: Herndon, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 02-23-2005 05:50 PM
Hmmm... I wish a little pressure like that could have save the Apollo Launch Tower.
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James Brown
Member Posts: 1287
From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 02-23-2005 06:15 PM
Next time this happens, get the word out, but don't go public with it. I think a lot of unnecessary attention was brought on here by posting it to the world. I was planning to take a shot at one of the sets myself. Thanks a lot Keith. Would you like a little cheese to go with that whine of yours?What do you suggest they preserve next, hydraulic fluid? |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-23-2005 07:10 PM
If it was a true piece of the orbiter, and not one that is replaced after every flight, I could understand. But the tires?There are 666 flown shuttle tires by my count that have been scrapped. I think it's a bit extrememe to say that every one should be preserved and museum-bound! |
James Brown
Member Posts: 1287
From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 02-24-2005 09:53 AM
Got this e-mail from KSC this morning: NASA Headquarters pulled these back for future exhibits. We had museums all over the US that complained about not getting the tires, since they are artifacts. Of course, we screen with NASA, other federal and state agencies, and the Smithsonian prior to offering them for sale. The museums have a chance to request the tires at that time - but they missed the screening.
Previously we have sold just 1 lot of tires, or rollaround tires. This is the first time we have listed the tires as being flown, and what mission they were flown on (artifacts). There was a tremendous amount of interest from the public, and I can understand your frustration. We are frustrated as well, since a lot of people put in a lot of hard work to put this sale together.
I am not certain if we will have another sale of Shuttle tires. If we have more come in as excess, we will have to check with NASA Headquarters before we sell them. |
James Brown
Member Posts: 1287
From: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 03-03-2005 12:11 PM
Found this today at NASA Watch: Canton Park District receives gift from Nagel, Canton Daily Ledger"Former Canton resident, retired Air Force Colonel, and former NASA Astronaut Steve Nagel has secured a shuttle spacecraft tire for display by the Canton Park District the board learned at its Feb. 28 meeting. The tire has been fitted with a glass top and is being used as a table at the Ingersoll Airport office building. Michelin Aircraft Tire Company manufactured the tire and donated it to the park district." Editor's note: That's more like it! I thought these were going to be sent to museums? Doesn't sound like a museum to me. |
thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 05-05-2005 01:41 PM
Well, it seems that the destiny of 13 of these tires has been found. At the Wash DC Public Service Recognition Week, NASA had a display set up, with part of it being a flown tire, painted white, that people can sign. The particular tire on hand serial # appeared to be 2184N03734 (the #'s were a little hard to make out due to the white paint). No one at the display knew what mission this was from. Any ideas? When this is finished the 13 are due to go on display somewhere.
This tire should be able to be seen at this event through this Sunday on the National Mall. |
snf13
Member Posts: 74
From: Houston
Registered: May 2004
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posted 05-14-2005 10:20 PM
Too bad the tires were pulled. They do belong in museums instead of being cut up, though. I would have loved a complete tire to use as a coffee table in my space room! |
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