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Topic: Astronaut Scholars' Space Artifact Series
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NightHawk117
Member Posts: 325
From: USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 08-12-2009 09:08 PM
   
Has anyone heard when the 2nd one is going to start shipping? |
randyc
Member Posts: 779
From: Chandler, AZ USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-12-2009 09:59 PM
It's my understanding that the next artifact will ship on or around August 20.Update: I called the ASF today (August 18) and was told that the next acrylic in the series will ship on August 28. It may be the Apollo 9 artifact, but the final decision on which artifact it will be is still TBD. |
NightHawk117
Member Posts: 325
From: USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 08-29-2009 11:21 AM
What artifact is shipping next? |
Jeff
Member Posts: 474
From: Fayetteville, NC, USA
Registered: May 2009
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posted 08-30-2009 12:02 PM
Just got the e-mail telling me the second acrylic has shipped. |
MadSci
Member Posts: 226
From: Maryland, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 08-31-2009 03:06 AM
Giving it a lot of thought, but the budget is a little low as I just purchased an Apollo 11 Columbia Kapton Acrylic. HmmmI've only got about a dozen so far, not even in the same league as you extraordinary gentlemen.  But one of them is a piece of Vostok 1. I believe there are only three of them in existence. |
daveblog
Member Posts: 135
From: Bergenfield, NJ USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted 08-31-2009 08:59 AM
Mine arrived in NJ this morning! My first Apollo lucite! The COA came laminated this time. |
Jeff
Member Posts: 474
From: Fayetteville, NC, USA
Registered: May 2009
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posted 08-31-2009 10:10 AM
quote:
Originally posted by daveblog:
Mine arrived in NJ this morning! My first Apollo lucite!
Was it Apollo 9 or Apollo 13? I can't wait. |
dsenechal
Member Posts: 539
From:
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-31-2009 10:13 AM
Apollo 9. |
Jeff
Member Posts: 474
From: Fayetteville, NC, USA
Registered: May 2009
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posted 08-31-2009 10:31 AM
Thanks Dave... looking forward to getting mine soon. |
MrSpace86
Member Posts: 1618
From: Gardner, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 08-31-2009 04:41 PM
As previous, when I receive mine, I will post photos. Let us know what number you are in case you have not said before. |
MadSci
Member Posts: 226
From: Maryland, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 08-31-2009 06:16 PM
Well you got to me - I bit and ordered a set today! The pictures on the site here look fantastic! |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 08-31-2009 07:29 PM
Mine arrived today also. Looks great! |
Leon Ford
Member Posts: 309
From: Shreveport, LA, United States
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-31-2009 08:52 PM
Got mine today also. The ASF really did a nice job. Thank you!!! |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 08-31-2009 11:34 PM
Lucite no. 11 touched down today in Northwest Indiana. Thanks, ASF and Rusty for making these available. A fantastic flown artifact from A9. |
Aztecdoug
Member Posts: 1405
From: Huntington Beach
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 08-31-2009 11:41 PM
Mine showed up today. This is the most exciting one of the trilogy for me. First manned flight of the LM. Very cool. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 09-01-2009 02:39 PM
I got mine yesterday too. I'm very happy with it and was a little surprised just how big the foil segment was inside the acrylic. Of course, size and shape probably varies somewhat for each one.Also, I noticed the ASF is now laminating the COAs, which helps them from being bent. Now we just have to wait for Apollo 13 to land in our mailboxes in a few months! |
NightHawk117
Member Posts: 325
From: USA
Registered: Oct 2006
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posted 09-01-2009 03:54 PM
Is anyone able to post a picture? |
4allmankind
Member Posts: 1043
From: Dallas
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 09-02-2009 05:50 AM
I just opened up my Apollo 9 lucite and am as impressed as I was with the first piece in the series. Great job on these, ASF! |
MrSpace86
Member Posts: 1618
From: Gardner, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 09-02-2009 07:00 AM
Holding it up to the light makes the foil seem 'see-through'. It's a strange yet cool effect. |
328KF
Member Posts: 1234
From:
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-02-2009 09:48 PM
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Originally posted by Ken Havekotte:
Schweickart himself provided and donated the Kapton strip to the ASF. He detached a section of Kapton tape-insulation from LM-3 during his EVA to "Spider" on Flight Day 3.
It looks from the description on the bottom that the story of how Schweickart obtained the foil has changed. The acrylic says it was "removed from the top hatch...as he prepared the craft to be jettisoned." It seems much more likely, to me at least, that he would think to grab a souvenir at this time than when he was hanging by his boots on the front porch! |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 09-03-2009 11:05 AM
We received our lucite the other day and are very impressed, especially by the size of the artifact. We have added it to our Apollo 9 display that now has a 1/48 model of the first flown stack with the complete crew signing of the open panel, the CM heat shield plug lucite and now the LM foil lucite. Looking forward to the Apollo 13 later this year. Not sure what the ASF can do to top this! |
328KF
Member Posts: 1234
From:
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-03-2009 02:09 PM
That's a great looking model! Are those the Danbury Mint Apollo 13 spacecraft I see tucked in there?A very nice display with the Apollo 9 lucites. |
p.kentzinger
Member Posts: 95
From: Kienheim, France
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-04-2009 11:34 AM
Lucite no. 80 touched down today in France. |
c11esh
Member Posts: 34
From: UK
Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 09-04-2009 01:13 PM
Received #78 today. Excellent item |
liebeek
Member Posts: 247
From: the netherlands
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 09-04-2009 03:21 PM
Number 45 has just received a prominent spot in my study. Great artifact, makes me real proud.
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MadSci
Member Posts: 226
From: Maryland, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 09-04-2009 03:46 PM
My Apollo 9 and shuttle lucites touched down simultaneously today in Maryland! #110 for both of them!They are really well done and particularly the Apollo 9 which has a large piece of interesting foil with both silver and gold parts to it! Larger and prettier than my Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lucites! Great job by the ASF! |
machbusterman
Member Posts: 1778
From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Registered: May 2004
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posted 09-05-2009 10:58 AM
#17 arrived safely in Scotland yesterday and just as before, I am VERY happy with this fabulous lucite. Can't wait for Apollo 13 to arrive and I do hope the ASF continue with another Space Artifact series next year... Wouldn't it be neat to be able to continue to keep the same number in the series also? |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2913
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 09-05-2009 05:09 PM
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Originally posted by 328KF:
It looks from the description on the bottom that the story of how Schweickart obtained the foil has changed.
I stand corrected!When discussions were first made about the new artifact series, the ASF had a good-sized flown Kapton section of Apollo 9's LM-3/Spider in their possession. After examining the Kapton souvenir last year, I just had assumed that it was detached by the LMP during his EVA, the first in the Apollo program -- and while working outside both spacecrafts -- Schweickart became the world's first self-contained human satellite during the first intervehicular transfer in space! One of Schweickart's spacewalk objectives was to retrieve thermal (Kapton) samples from LM-3's exterior. Apparently, as stated on the Apollo 9 acrylics along with their COAs for the ASF new artifact series, the Kapton thermal tape-coating was removed by both Schweickart and McDivitt prior to the final separation of Spider's ascent stage from the command ship on Flight Day 5. In the Spring of 2008 Schweickart himself had first donated a large Kapton segment to the ASF's 2008 Semi-Annual Auction. The section was so large that I had suggested only a smaller portion of it be included as a lot offering for the semi-annual auction. The remainder of the Kapton insulation could be returned to Schweickart or retained by the ASF. It was later donated to the ASF, which by the way, provided an excellent opportunity for it to be used as a "flown" acrylic project by the first Apollo spacewalker and first "true" lunar module pilot. |
davidcwagner
Member Posts: 798
From: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 09-05-2009 07:45 PM
Number 93 landed in New Mexico. Great acrylic. The certificate of authenticity is laminated. The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation people get an A+ for responding to feedback from the first Space Shuttle Acrylic which had a plain paper COA that was just an inch to large for the box so the COA tended to have a folded end.Can not wait for the next installment. This is really a great job done by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Sign me up for the next series. |
Frederic Janik
Member Posts: 320
From: Helsinki, Finland
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 09-08-2009 11:51 AM
Number 48 finally made it to Finland. Very happy with it.
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-24-2009 12:12 PM
The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation has revealed the 2010 Space Artifacts: - Apollo 14: swatch of Beta cloth, the same type of glass-woven fiber fabric used to cover the astronauts' spacesuits, flown to the Moon on the Command Module Kittyhawk, certified by Edgar Mitchell.
- Apollo 16: Pyro System Schematic section, part of a data book that was aboard the Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion, certified by Charlie Duke.
- STS-51D: Space shuttle thermal protection system tile segment flown on the first four flights of Discovery, removed after STS-51D, certified by Don Williams.
Current Space Artifact Series members will have the chance to renew, retaining their same serial number, before new members will be accepted beginning Oct. 6. |
daveblog
Member Posts: 135
From: Bergenfield, NJ USA
Registered: May 2004
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posted 09-24-2009 12:14 PM
I just got finished renewing my subscription for next year... I also found out that the third installment for 2009 will be shipped on or about November 25th. |
MrSpace86
Member Posts: 1618
From: Gardner, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 09-24-2009 02:21 PM
I am a huge fan of the series but am unsure if I will renew it. I mean, they sound like great artifacts, but they cannot top this year's. The beta cloth does not seem to be a fragment from a spacecraft and the Apollo 16 item seems to be a fragment of a cue card? The tile piece sounds interesting though.What would really help me is if I saw a photo of the actual items. I don't really want to cough up $700 in the dark but it seems we are in a time crunch here! |
machbusterman
Member Posts: 1778
From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Registered: May 2004
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posted 09-24-2009 04:23 PM
I'm sure the 2010 series will look just great.... I've renewed also! Looking forward to the Apollo 13 artifact coming at the end of November too!! |
328KF
Member Posts: 1234
From:
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-24-2009 04:25 PM
I can see cutting the beta cloth into segments, but I've never been a big fan of cutting up cue cards, checklist pages, maps, etc. Those items, in my mind, lose their value completely once destroyed like that.One advantage to the acrylic... the swatches won't be cut into ever smaller pieces for resale by the buyer. So I give the 2010 series a 2 out of 3. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-24-2009 04:53 PM
quote:
Originally posted by 328KF:
One advantage to the acrylic... the swatches won't be cut into ever smaller pieces for resale by the buyer.
Don't bet on that... it's been done previously with other lucites. |
7 Forty7
Member Posts: 34
From:
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted 09-24-2009 06:07 PM
Just wondered if the 2009 collection is still something that I can sign up for or do you think it's a bit late? |
Jeff
Member Posts: 474
From: Fayetteville, NC, USA
Registered: May 2009
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posted 09-24-2009 06:31 PM
Their web site seems to still be offering the 2009 series. |
328KF
Member Posts: 1234
From:
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-24-2009 06:52 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SpaceAholic:
Don't bet on that... it's been done previously with other lucites.
Really? What do they do... melt them down to get at the artifact? |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-24-2009 07:04 PM
quote:
Originally posted by 328KF:
Really? What do they do... melt them down to get at the artifact?
It's relatively easy to extract material after embrittlement (via freezing). Believe there are at least a couple of entrepreneurs who have obtained source material for their presentations from lucites. |
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