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Topic: X-38 crew return vehicles on display

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 11-02-2009 12:04 PM <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="+0">[b]Addendum: Hidden treasure[/b]</font> As the below photo reveals, V-132 was marked at its top by the "Jolly Roger." According to Paul Spana, Space Center Houston's exhibits manager, the skull and cross bones was the chosen mark of the X-38 avionics team, who believed they had left the symbol in a place out of public view. Their plan was foiled though as soon as they saw the video taken from the B-52 of the drop tests: the classic pirate flag could be clearly seen as the vehicle dropped away. The idea for the "Jolly Roger" can be traced back to X-38 project manager John Muratore, who earlier led a self-titled "pirate team" to develop a low-cost spacecraft control room using personal computers at Johnson Space Center.</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/sasm_x38v132j-lg.jpg" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/sasm_x38v132j.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="266" BORDER="0"></a></center>
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