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Topic: History of NASA Mission Patches (Launius)
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cspg
Member Posts: 6235
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 08-04-2020 07:40 AM
   
Unofficial History of NASA Mission Patches
by Roger Launius
Foreword by Kathryn Sullivan This visual guide details 60 years of NASA's history through the patches astronauts wore on their space missions!Celebrate 60 years of the U.S. space program with An Unofficial History of NASA Mission Patches, featuring the astronauts' patches from more than 170 of the most important NASA missions. Each entry includes a full-color image of the patch, details about the space mission, the patch's design, and the crew. Ten sticker patches and an embroidered patch on the cover make this a unique gift for every space enthusiast. - Hardcover: 208 pages
- Thunder Bay Press (27 Oct. 2020)
- ISBN-10: 1645174158
- ISBN-13: 978-1645174158
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garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1987
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 08-04-2020 07:46 AM
How is this different from "Space Mission Art: The Mission Patches & Insignias of America’s Human Spaceflights"? |
edorr
Member Posts: 72
From: Chelmsford, MA
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 08-04-2020 09:06 AM
No disrespect to Dr. Launius, who I respect greatly, but at the very least the writer of the "blurb" is full of crap. "This visual guide details 60 years of NASA's history through the patches astronauts wore on their space missions!" But then the book starts out with bogus Mercury patches. I'm very disappointed to say the least.As to how it compares to Luke Price's "Space Mission Art" -- Price's book is by far the best book on American space mission patches that has ever been published. No bogus patches here. In fact, it is very close to being the book I would have created if I had Price's talent. |
Jacques van Oene
Member Posts: 870
From: Houten, The Netherlands
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 08-06-2020 06:57 AM
To add, if I look at the photos of some pages posted on Amazon, I see that the patches used (in the book) are not even the original crew worn patches, but souvenir versions of the mission patches.That could have been done better I think. | |
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