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Topic: British Interplanetary Society Astronaut Pin
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-05-2009 01:38 AM
   
BBC News: Honour given to 'UK astronauts' The five UK-born individuals who have flown in space are being honoured with a commemorative pin.The British Interplanetary Society is making the award to recognise the astronauts' achievements but also to further the case for human spaceflight. ...the first recipients of the pin - Helen Sharman and Richard Garriott - had private funds backing their missions. The other three - Michael Foale, Nicholas Patrick and Piers Sellers - all became US citizens to fly with the American space agency (NASA). Mr. Garriott and Dr. Sharman were given their pins in a ceremony at the BIS headquarters in London. 
Photo credit: BIS/Richard Garriott/Bigbury Mint |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 07-05-2009 04:31 AM
That's a wonderful pin!  |
butch wilks
Member Posts: 333
From: Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 07-05-2009 05:11 AM
I`d like to add my congratulation to the UK-born astronauts on getting this award and a big thank you to the BIS for making this pin.Well done. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 07-05-2009 06:27 AM
Shouldn't they have given Sharman, Garriott, Foale, Patrick and Sellers gold pins?Just a thought. Beautiful pin though. |
butch wilks
Member Posts: 333
From: Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 07-05-2009 08:08 AM
I think a gold pin is going to be too close to the NASA astronauts pin, but this one with the flag on it is as good. |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-21-2011 01:08 PM
NASA astronaut Dr. Nick Patrick was in London today to receive his British Astronaut pin.The pin was the idea of space flight participant and philanthropist/entrepreneur Richard Garriott, and is being presented to all those who have "orbited" the Earth but who were originally born in the UK. The ceremony was witnessed by around 20 specially invited guests. Mike Foale and Greg Johnson are due to receive their pins sometime soon. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-21-2011 06:29 PM
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Originally posted by Rick Mulheirn:
...all the others thus far have been awarded theirs.
BBC News reports that Patrick was the fourth to receive his pin. The British Interplanetary Society has commissioned 10 silver pins, and Dr. Patrick is the fourth person to receive one after Helen Sharman, Richard Garriott and Piers Sellers.The pins are awarded to both recognise the achievements of some extraordinary people, but also to promote human spaceflight in the UK. The next recipient of the BIS pin is most likely to be NASA's Michael Foale, one of the most experienced astronauts in the history. Dr. Foale, who was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, has logged over 374 days in orbit. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 11-21-2011 06:57 PM
Very cool pin, great design! |
spaceman
Member Posts: 1104
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 11-25-2011 12:45 PM
Just a gripe but with a such a large society who were the twenty specially invited guests and why? |
Rick Mulheirn
Member Posts: 4167
From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 11-25-2011 04:33 PM
For what it's worth, I was NOT one of the specially invited guests. |
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