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Topic: People's reaction upon seeing your collection?
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Russ Still
Member Posts: 535
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-02-2010 06:41 PM
   
Yes, good pics, thanks for posting them.
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Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 12-03-2010 06:09 AM
Robert, you should move the pictures of your place under the "Space Places" category. |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 12-03-2010 07:24 AM
You have a really great collection with both breadth and depth. Thanks for sharing the photos. (Nice UCD!) |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-03-2010 08:25 AM
Thanks guys for the great reaction to seeing my collection...  Fred, the Cola Wars in Space collection is among my pride and joys. It had its start with one of the very first online projects I created, the former "Coke in Space" website. Russ, I really like how you presented part of your collection as a series of nestled photos. I may borrow that idea once I can get a better set of photos taken here. Gilbert, it really has become a "place," hasn't it? I jokingly refer to it as a museum (inspired by fellow cS'er and friend Jake Schultz's Newport Way Air Museum) and gladly offer tours. John, some of that breadth and depth can be credited to you and your amazing archives... And Shane? One word -- Thanks! |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-03-2010 09:47 AM
Great colletion Robert, but then again we didn't expect anything else.  Mostly manned spaceflight but there's a nice Viking lucite. Looking forward to see more... |
Shuttleman
Member Posts: 117
From: Huntsville, Al. USA
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 12-03-2010 10:27 AM
Robert, I'm honored to see your Marshall Shuttle model at eye level in your fantastic collection!!! |
Scott
Member Posts: 3307
From: Houston, TX
Registered: May 2001
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posted 12-03-2010 01:27 PM
Very nice Robert! |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 12-06-2010 08:51 PM
Robert:1. Your Orbit Ops Checklist...is that a flown article? Regardless, which flight is it from (from the typeface it appears to be post-51L)? 2. Your silverware in the same pic...is that shuttle flown silverware? Again, from which flight/crewmember? |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-06-2010 08:54 PM
Is that an Apollo CM door resting on the wall? It looks like one or one from a mockup. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-06-2010 08:59 PM
There are two Orbit Ops checklists, STS-50 and STS-132. Neither are flown.The shuttle utensil set is a recent addition from a fellow cS member and is also not flown. The hatch is from the common berthing mechanism for the International Space Station, the largest doorway ever launched into orbit. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-06-2010 09:03 PM
It's one of the coolest space artifacts I have ever seen. Very impressive. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-06-2010 09:11 PM
If you liked mine, Scott 'SpaceAholic' Schneeweis' hatch is even more impressive for its latching mechanism is still in place. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-06-2010 09:13 PM
Ok, now I have to ask. Where do you get that? GSA auctions? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-06-2010 09:21 PM
Scott found both at an aerospace recycling center. Working with Boeing, we traced their history to a decade earlier when they were sent for recycling after a very minor defect ruled out their use. According to Boeing, they are the only two produced that were not used either for training or in space. |
Russ Still
Member Posts: 535
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-06-2010 09:37 PM
Hey Scott, I'm betting Richard Branson has your number in his Rolodex. Just in case he needs something... |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-06-2010 11:18 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Scott found both at an aerospace recycling center. Working with Boeing, we traced their history to a decade earlier when they were sent for recycling after a very minor defect ruled out their use. According to Boeing, they are the only two produced that were not used either for training or in space.
Wow. That's a very amazing find. Watch one of us ends up with a photo of the Enterprise or Discovery in a private museum lol |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-06-2010 11:20 PM
For the commercial guys intending to latchup with the ISS CBM, will be interesting to see if the same hatch design is incorporated. The low fidelity drawings of Dragon appear to show a similar hatch in the docking section. |
MrSpace86
Member Posts: 1618
From: Gardner, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 12-07-2010 09:31 AM
Very nice collection indeed. I really like the display case, really cool.I also noticed the Apple poster of Buzz Aldrin. Is that signed?? If so, that is a BIG Aldrin signature! Good job Robert, really nice. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-07-2010 10:07 AM
Thanks! And indeed, it is signed -- Buzz came by my place a few years ago and while there, I asked him to sign the poster to scale. |
jasonelam
Member Posts: 691
From: Monticello, KY USA
Registered: Mar 2007
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posted 12-07-2010 01:01 PM
Robert, very impressive! It was really nice to see all of the different displays and atrifacts that you have. Great collection!My collection, sadly, has no room in our house right now, and the majority of it is in a storage facility in Houston, where my folks have kept it safe and secure. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-07-2010 02:06 PM
quote:
Originally posted by jasonelam:
...in a storage facility in Houston, where my folks have kept it safe and secure.
Someone here has a Shuttle mock-up.  |
SkyMan1958
Member Posts: 867
From: CA.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 01-24-2011 01:47 AM
I'd say other peoples reaction is split about 50/50 between those that think the collection is cool and those that think I'm a loon for collecting the items. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-24-2011 07:20 PM
My wife, who lets me acquire whatever I want, always wants to know what she can sell it for when I die. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 01-24-2011 07:41 PM
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Originally posted by Joel Katzowitz:
My wife, who lets me acquire whatever I want, always wants to know what she can sell it for when I die.
I would ask her is she wants to know the current market prices or the future market prices. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-29-2011 12:56 PM
I'd say 20% think it's cool, but the other 80% have an attitude of indifference. I honestly think they have no idea of the significance of what they are looking at. |
BMacKinnon
Member Posts: 230
From: Waterford, MI. USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 02-02-2011 04:33 PM
30+ years of collecting - bookshelves - center one is all space (majority signed) and the right shelf is all signed as well.All of my signed photos are in binders in my credenza.  
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BMacKinnon
Member Posts: 230
From: Waterford, MI. USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 02-03-2011 06:58 PM
People wonder why I don't charge admission to my museum... 
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ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 02-03-2011 10:30 PM
Wow, that's some serious stuff! I hope all those eyes don't follow you around the room |
Russ Still
Member Posts: 535
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-04-2011 09:40 AM
Now yer talkin. That's a lot of stuff and some really nice things, too. I have that same portrait of Grissom, but not signed as yours. It would be great to see bigger images. And I see that you're ceiling challenged, too. I finally decided that Photoshop was cheaper than Sheetrock, or at least easier to apply. Are any of your warbirds models signed?
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-04-2011 09:47 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Russ Still:
It would be great to see bigger images.
If you click on each photo, they can be viewed larger. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 02-04-2011 09:53 AM
It does look like a museum. Very cool! |
Russ Still
Member Posts: 535
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-04-2011 10:57 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
If you click on each photo, they can be viewed larger.
Roger that. I was getting a 404 error before. Thanks for fixing it. Now I can really see his stuff! Any chance you can start a Space Mancave thread and put these posts with images in there? I really like checking them out (as you know...). |
BMacKinnon
Member Posts: 230
From: Waterford, MI. USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 02-04-2011 12:20 PM
Thanks Guys! And that is just my space collection, just ask Robert, I have a few Sports items. Gilbert, glad you like it - now I have shared more than a limo ride with you! |
james f. ruddy
Member Posts: 59
From: Rancho Mirage, CA
Registered: Nov 2008
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posted 02-23-2011 03:31 PM
Whenever I show my collection of NASA artifacts that were flown to the surface of the moon, I get the "usual" comments; Interesting, nice, how did you get this, how do you know it was on the moon?, etc.What a change happens when I hand them moonwalker Cernan's Garland mechanical pencil, with lead, that he used on the Moon. I tell them to write their name on a reduced photocopy of Cernan's COA, put it in a sheet protector, then they will have a trace of a NASA artifact that was on the Moon. That excites them and most say "I can't wait until I show this to...". |
dreamsofspace
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posted 03-16-2011 08:00 PM
Since the main focus of my collection is children's space books, people don't see them as much. To get those out I blog about them here. The other part of the collection is my office. I don't have space at home but my office is decorated with inspirational space art and space stuff.  
I also have a wall of stuff my kids did for me mixed with some of what I consider to be the classic space images.  I do have some books on display that I swap in and out. Here is a rack:  Mostly when people see the room they stop to ask about different things or simply stare. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 03-16-2011 08:19 PM
People are a bit impressed with my collection but they are very impressed with my knowledge and my enthusiasm for NASA. They keep telling me that I should work for NASA. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1328
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 03-17-2011 07:12 AM
Dreamsofspace, fantastic stuff! I love the old space art and especially the children's books. |
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