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Topic: Canadian astronauts in the cards
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12300
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted April 11, 2005 12:42 PM
   
From the London Free Press: quote:
Astronaut Chris Hadfield collected NASA memorabilia, National Geographic charts and postage stamps when he was a kid, but never trading cards. And, certainly, he never imagined himself depicted on one. He didn't start out as much of a reader, either. But now the 45-year-old mechanical engineer, jet pilot, poet and musician finds himself pictured on the front of a trading card promoting reading."I never looked at a trading card and thought 'Someday I'm going to have my picture on one of these,'" Hadfield said. "Absolutely not. That is a stature and a status I never thought I'd obtain." But he and Canada's other five astronauts have achieved just that as part of a children's summer reading program in libraries across the country.
Read the full article here.IP: Logged |
pokey
Member Posts: 314
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted April 11, 2005 06:51 PM
If anyone knows how I can get my hands on a few sets......IP: Logged |
poolman18
Member Posts: 208
From: Ontario,Canada
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted April 11, 2005 07:23 PM
PokeyI am working on it as we speak. David IP: Logged |
Mike Isbell
Member Posts: 193
From: Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted April 12, 2005 10:12 AM
By my count eight astronauts from Canada have flown on the shuttle. Which two astronauts are not going to be on the trading cards ?[This message has been edited by Mike Isbell (edited April 12, 2005).] IP: Logged |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 12300
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted April 12, 2005 10:24 AM
My understanding is that they are only being issued for the active members of the CSA corps: Chris Hadfield, Dave Williams, Bjarni Tryggvason, Bob Thirsk, Julie Payette and Steve MacLeanIP: Logged |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 1250
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted April 12, 2005 08:16 PM
Hi all-If anyone can obtain a complete set of the Canadian cards for me I will trade my duplicates of the old Man on the Moon cards from the 60's and 70's. I also have some dupes of the Space Shots. Thanks,
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TrueNorth
Member Posts: 151
From: Bathurst, NB, Canada
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted April 13, 2005 08:38 AM
Ok, KSCartist, I'll see what I can do......but first you're going to have to read 50 books this summer  John IP: Logged |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 1250
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted April 15, 2005 08:02 AM
Hey John-If they're all as short as the "Dick & Jane" books of my childhood-no problem. Thanks,
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