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T O P I C R E V I E WWAWalsh General question -- Has anyone notice a difference in return rate with respect to current members of the astronaut corp. depending on whether you supply A SASE or not (presuming they have the easier access to the NASA 8x10 protrait)?albatron@aol.comI personally find a much greater success rateusing a SASE. But as of late, the astro office is shutting down a lot of PR deals due to some serious budget cuts. I have some mail items there for quite a long time, and to astros who are excellent signers. It has been brought to my attention by a couple of astronauts, that there is a ton of mail to be distributed still. One of the reasons, is one of the girls in the office, Christine McDonough, had a death in the family that was quite traumatic, and she was off work for sometime. AldisglobesHello I just received two autographed pictures from Dr. Tom Jones. He inscribed both in a silver paint pen. The turn around was two weeks. I sent an SASE. He was at space day at the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum on May 3rd and was not autographing that day but he told me if I sent the pictures to him at JSC he would be glad to sign them.CharlescollshubbyI always send an SASE when I write to current astronauts. When I first started collecting in 1999, I would say 75% of my request came back in JSC envelopes and 25% in my SASE. For those who did not use my SASE, they almost always sent it back so I was able to use the stamps again.As of late, it has been reversed. 75% come in my SASE and 25% in the JSC envelope. I also heard that it was due to budget cuts, as Al said above. Also, probably because I now live in Australia, that has something to do with it.Two days ago, I got a signed 3x5 card back from Scott Horowitz, in my SASE. ------------------Brian Peterastronautbrian@space.comhttp://members.tripod.com/~brian_space/index.htmlWerbSounds alot like what I've been hearing from my buddy down JSC way. Budget cuts have messed things up as has a shake up in the top dogs too. I don't have any real hard facts at this time, so I can't comment. But it's a bunch of things that are having the affect we are seeing. Take Care.
Al
Charles
As of late, it has been reversed. 75% come in my SASE and 25% in the JSC envelope. I also heard that it was due to budget cuts, as Al said above. Also, probably because I now live in Australia, that has something to do with it.
Two days ago, I got a signed 3x5 card back from Scott Horowitz, in my SASE.
------------------Brian Peterastronautbrian@space.comhttp://members.tripod.com/~brian_space/index.html
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