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Forum:	Free Space
Topic:	Velcro 'Walking on the Moon' (Apollo 50th)

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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#ffffff" FACE="arial, helvetica">T O P I C     R E V I E W</font></CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">Robert Pearlman</FONT></TD><TD><FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial, helvetica">collectSPACE <blockquote><font size="+0"><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-071219a-velcro-apollo-50th-walking-moon.html">Velcro hooks onto Apollo 11 50th with 'Walking on the Moon' music video</a></font><P><I>A new musical tribute to the first moon landing fastens a brand with Apollo history to a catchy hook.<P>Velcro Companies, which made the hook and loop fasteners that astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins used on their 1969 Apollo 11 mission, commissioned a new cover of the rock song "Walking on the Moon" to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic moonwalk.</I></blockquote> <center><iframe width="400" height="225" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bWc5_5uoeys" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen>

Robert Pearlman

In addition to the music video, Velcro also marked the Apollo 11 50th anniversary with a commemorative kit that it sent out to some of its distributors and customers.

The kits came in a box marked with Velcro's Apollo 50th anniversary logo and included a graphic showing how the hook and loop fasteners were used as part of the Apollo A7L spacesuit. Inside were two Velcro watch straps: a full-size replica as was worn on the moon and one sized for those not wearing a spacesuit.

Also included were a Velcro Apollo 50th anniversary logo patch and a sample of Velcro-brand products.

SpaceAholic

What is the correlation between the candy and Velcro?

Robert Pearlman

I believe they were just candies with space-related names that were not chocolate so would not melt. That said, both the Orbit gum and Starburst are held in the box using... Velcro.

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