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Topic: TMA-13: Richard Garriott's ISS Ladies patch
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-12-2008 03:14 PM
   
Just as Richard Garriott's personal mission patch borrowed elements from his father's Skylab II insignia, the ISS Ladies design was developed from Ardis Shanks' Skylab II "Wives" patch art from 1973. The names on the patch represent the women close to the six space explorers who will share space on the International Space Station for nine days: - Yuri Lonchakov's wife, Tatiana
- Richard Garriott's girlfriend, Kelly
- Mike Fincke's wife, Renita
- Sergei Volkov's wife, Natalia
- Greg Chamitoff's wife, Chantal
- Oleg Konenenko's wife, Tatiana
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ShuttleDiscovery
Member Posts: 152
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Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 10-12-2008 03:54 PM
Cool! Nice idea. |
butch wilks
Member Posts: 333
From: Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 10-13-2008 11:24 AM
I hope they put out Richard Garriott's and the TMA-13 Ardis Shank's ISS Ladies patch as they will look good as a set with the Skylab 2 and Wives patches that I have now, and they would add to the fun of the missions they where made for. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-19-2008 08:32 AM
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NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
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posted 10-19-2008 02:02 PM
Nice workstation he has there! |
butch wilks
Member Posts: 333
From: Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 10-21-2008 10:56 AM
The patch looks good on that work station. Do I see an original Skylab wives patch on there too or is it the Skylab 2 patch?I think it's a credit to Ardis Shanks for using parts of the original patch to make the new one; it adds to the old Skylab's history and keep it going on to the ISS. As a side note, has the ISS got some items from Skylab on board, as with the two items from the ATV, i.e. the two manuscripts by Jules Verne? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-21-2008 11:04 AM
Given the two outstretched arms, I believe that is the Skylab II patch. quote:
As a side note, has the ISS got some items from Skylab on board...
Yes, see: Astronaut's son reboots dad's work in orbit. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-21-2008 01:46 PM
Here is a close up, provided by Space Adventures. Yes, it is the Skylab II patch, next to a sticker or embroidered version of the ISS Ladies Patch. By the way, Richard was not part of the designing process. Ardis worked on this with my good friend Jacques van Oene. They came up with the idea after Ardis had shared with Jacques pictures of Richard wearing the original Skylab Wives patch during his first Soyuz training. Jorge Cartes from Spain prepared the digital artwork.  |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 10-22-2008 05:40 AM
It was fun collaborating in this project. Thanks to all of you. |
butch wilks
Member Posts: 333
From: Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 10-22-2008 11:24 AM
I do think the patch looks fantastic. So well done to all of you on the new design of the ladies patch.I've had a number of emails from Ardis on the new ladies patch and I thank her for them. It's a honour to have emails from her. |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 861
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 06-20-2009 10:24 AM
Finally, I got a hand on a Richard Garriott produced patch. You can see it and read all of the design process of the TMA-13 Ladies patch at Spacepatches.nl. |
butch wilks
Member Posts: 333
From: Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 06-21-2009 03:12 AM
Thanks for the info, it helps out with the patch's background. |
stebur
Member Posts: 41
From: Hong Kong
Registered: May 2007
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posted 07-22-2009 10:16 PM
I have been extremely fortunate and have managed to secure a genuine rare TMA-13/ISS Ladies Patch to add to my collection. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 07-24-2009 12:03 PM
Nice. Jacques/Erik (with Ardis knowledge) and me made the artwork... Someone made the US patch. |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 07-25-2009 04:35 AM
Jorge, I actually played no role in this patch. It was you, Jacques and Ardis. You must feel bad your work was no longer needed, but that your digital drawing was still used by people you were not working with, for the flight products. One consolation though: on the stickers, they forgot to remove the initials AJJ (Ardis, Jacques, Jorge). I once saw an example of the official sticker (not even far away from here) with only an "A." Close inspection of the image revealed that a red pen was used to make the two Js invisible. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 07-25-2009 05:08 AM
Thank you Erik.  |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 07-25-2009 08:51 AM
For those of you who are unaware of what happened: Jacques, under the impression this patch was a surprise for the crew, spent hundreds of dollars producing proof versions and stickers from Jorge's artwork. The reason: he admires Ardis and her Skylab Wives patch and wanted to help her realize this idea. Jacques and Ardis would share the costs.Jacques had already arranged with his Russian contacts that six patches would fly secretly to the ISS, when Ardis decided to have the patches made in the USA and have Richard take them to space himself. She probably had good reasons to do this, but it made the patch unavailable for the general collector. Despite of what happened, I think that is a real shame. On the other hand, it also shows that this patch is REALLY rare indeed and might be worth something. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-25-2009 10:07 AM
Ardis did not have patches made: Richard did. He explained to me that as his flight quickly approached and he didn't have patches, he became concerned they would run out of time and so had the same source that made his mission patches create them.(Richard made no mention of Jacques' patches flying, so I am not sure he was ever aware they did.) |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 07-25-2009 12:07 PM
Ardis and Jacques and Jorge started the design of the patch together, without Richard's involvement. Jacques' first patches were embroidered and stickers printed only a few weeks later, so time was never a factor. Ardis did see scans of both of them, so she knew they were ready in time. It was only then that she turned 180 degrees. Whatever the reason, she could have credited Jorge and Jacques for helping her with the design, instead of wiping out the AJJ and write a big 'Ardis' on it. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-25-2009 02:53 PM
Ardis has asked me to clarify a few points that were raised.She says she did not know about Jorge's involvement until after Jacques sent her a proof that included the initials 'AJJ', at which point he explained Jorge's role. She says she received several proofs from Jacques and they did not say 'ARDIS'. She recalls her agreement with Jacques was that he would be in charge of promoting the patch, but when he "started saying it was his patch" and refused to write her name on the design, she contacted Richard. She gave the insignia to Richard and told him that she would order patches and sell those. Most importantly though, she doesn't want to be at odds with anyone. "All this is really water over the damn. It is time to move on. I am not angry at Jacques and never was." |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 07-25-2009 03:59 PM
Well... anyway you like, Jacques and I made the artwork. No one can refuse it. That is all for me.  |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 07-25-2009 04:23 PM
Fair enough Robert. Good to see Ardis' side of the story here. Probably, there was just a lot of miscommunication, combined with some space fever and ghosts from the past.Most important fact, and I know I also speak for my friends Jacques and Jorge, is that the patch indeed made it into space. All parties involved know what contributions they made and that is something to be proud of, regardless of who is selling what version for what money with what name on it. One final thing on the subject from me, although I risk being naive: I hope Ardis finally got her original patch too. If not, I hope someone will take care of that. |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 861
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 07-25-2009 04:36 PM
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Originally posted by KAPTEC:
Well... anyway you like, Jacques and I made the artwork. No one can refuse it. That is all for me.
That is why I put AJJ on the art because Ardis, Me and Jorge worked on the design... so it could never be only Ardis, and all three names would do the patch no good. I told Ardis that but she wanted her name on something that was not hers (and I never said it was my patch we agreed on doing this 50-50).Anyway I do not want to talk about this anymore, this has become far more now than just a fun project that it started with and in the end the design flew in space and that was what it was supposed to do... Richard was happy with it, Richard's mother was happy with it, I only do not now what the other five crew members thought of it and what the six ladies thought of the patch. And most important if they all received a patch. I hope one day to find out... For me end of discussion. |
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