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All the TIS ambassadors (114) received a space shuttle tile for educational purposes at the national conference held in June of 1985, that had been flown on a mission on the various orbiters that had flown up through 1985. These tiles were removed as routine service from a vehicle due to small damage upon re-entry. Mine came from Discovery and had a small theaded hole for a heat sensor. Kids love to see/hold it as do adults. This was part of a duffel bag full of educational materials that each ambassador received to use for educational purposes. If my memory serves me right, (twenty years ago!), we all signed a legal document that the tile remained NASA property and was not to be sold nor used for financial gain. At the time, the value was established at $10,000 per tile. As far as the other comments in the email, to my knowledge, no wreckage or artifacts were distributed to anyone. If family members received something, I am not aware of that.
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