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[i]BP-19's resin fiberglas composite heat shield used for the drop tests has stood up to many years in the high desert.[/i]
[i]Columbia Memorial Space Center Director Jon Betthauser holds the hatch that he just removed from BP-19 and it's ID plate mounted on it. To the right is Aerospace Legacy Foundation Director Jerry Blackburn. (There was an ID plate on the heat shield also - I got to see it first and I laughed as I read it aloud for the crowd - it said- "Heat Shield. Made at NAA- Downey, CA")[/i]
[i]Boilerplate BP-12 with "Andy Astronaut" striking his best Major Matt pose. Andy Monsen had been the resident astronaut figure at the plant from 1979-1999. You can't see inside his face plate so people would not know who he was - and not mistake Andy for our real astronaut heroes.[/i]
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