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Topic: SpaceX recalls Zuma mission patches
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usafspace
Member Posts: 88
From: Los Angeles, CA USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-12-2018 06:19 PM
   
SpaceX has recalled the Zuma mission patches that were just released.If you have not purchased one, you might be out of luck. SpaceX recalled the patches "as consideration for their customer." |
SpaceCadet1983
Member Posts: 227
From: United States
Registered: May 2012
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posted 01-12-2018 06:39 PM
This doesn't sound good for the outcome of the mission. Or, it's all disinformation. Ah, the mystery deepens! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42984
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-12-2018 11:45 PM
collectSPACE SpaceX pulls Zuma mission patches from sale amid reports of secret satellite's lossSpaceX has recalled the sale of souvenir mission patches from its first launch of 2018, providing a possible hint to the fate of its classified payload. The spaceflight company pulled its Zuma mission patches from partner gift shops and online retailers on Friday (Jan. 12), several days after the embroidered emblems went on sale. Since 2015, SpaceX has allowed for third-party sales of its mission patches so long as the flight that the insignia represents was confirmed a success.  |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 861
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 01-13-2018 05:26 AM
Like the customer cares that there is a patch. I think they care more about the lost payload then a patch. In other words, it does not makes much sense SpaceX does this... |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-13-2018 07:44 AM
I have to say in the aerospace industry I am in this would not be out of character. It is about maintaining the "brand" as well as customer relationship. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-13-2018 08:07 AM
NASA did not forbid production of STS-51L and STS-107 patches. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2474
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-13-2018 08:27 AM
NASA is a government agency (read: USA taxpayers ownership, do what the people want). SpaceX is a private company (read: can do what they feel is best for their company). |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-13-2018 10:49 AM
So why should we care? (And SpaceX is heavily dependent on government money, either in forms of contracts or launch infrastructure.) |
mode1charlie
Member Posts: 1169
From: Honolulu, HI
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted 01-13-2018 02:23 PM
Well, darn. Those things just became instantly desirable collector's items. I missed out.Did anyone here pick one up before they were recalled? |
SpaceCadet1983
Member Posts: 227
From: United States
Registered: May 2012
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posted 01-13-2018 02:47 PM
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Originally posted by cspg:
...production of STS-51L and STS-107 patches.
I think that was done to memorialize the memory of the crews. I'm sure SpaceX and Northrop Grumman would like the public to forget the Zuma mission ever took place. quote:
Originally posted by mode1charlie:
Did anyone here pick one up before they were recalled?
"I can't comment on that because that's classified."  |
SpaceCadet1983
Member Posts: 227
From: United States
Registered: May 2012
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posted 01-23-2018 08:03 PM
I see the SpaceX Zuma patch wars have started on eBay. Crazy! |
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