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Topic:	2009 Astronaut Class "The Chumps" patch

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by KSCartist: [B]Beautiful patch! Nice composition. I wish Jorge and I had done it. [/B][/QUOTE]
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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>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>2009 Astronaut Class "The Chumps" patch<center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/2009ascans_patch01-lg.jpg" TARGET="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/2009ascans_patch01.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="480" BORDER="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE><div align="justify">The insignia for NASA's 20th group of astronaut trainees, otherwise known as "<A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-100809a.html">The Chumps</a>," including:</div> <UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI>Serena M. Aunon (NASA) <LI>Jeanette J. Epps (NASA) <LI>Jack D. Fischer (NASA) <LI>Jeremy Hansen (CSA) <LI>Michael S. Hopkins (NASA) <LI>Norishige Kanai (JAXA) <LI>Kjell N. Lindgren (NASA) <LI>Takuya Onishi (JAXA) <LI>Kathleen (Kate) Rubins (NASA) <LI>David Saint-Jacques (CSA) <LI>Scott D. Tingle (NASA) <LI>Mark T. Vande Hei (NASA) <LI>Gregory R. (Reid) Wiseman (NASA) <LI>Kimiya Yui (JAXA)</UL></BLOCKQUOTE> Editor's note: Look closely at the Earth in the patch and you may see a cloud that is decidedly a banana-shape. From our Oct. 2009 <A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-100809a.html">article and interview</a> with Chump Mark Vande Hei: <BLOCKQUOTE>...Vande Hei said that the Chumps posed for a similar fun [crew photo]."We posed with bananas," he described.But if they are the Chumps and not the chimps, how does that reflect the 2009 class?"Our mascot is Chump the Chimp," explained Vande Hei.</BLOCKQUOTE> </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>KSCartist</TD><TD>Beautiful patch! Nice composition. I wish Jorge and I had done it. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Fezman92</TD><TD>I like how there is an Orion capsule going down towards Earth from Mars.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>issman1</TD><TD>It could be an Orion, but then again a Dragon or CST-100. <IMG SRC="http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/biggrin.gif"></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>dogcrew5369</TD><TD>I'll be happy if the capsule translates into anything man rated in the not too distant future. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Group 20 astronaut Jack Fischer flew the T-38 jet that brought Steve Bowen to Kennedy Space Center today for Discovery's launch later this week. Fischer wore his class patch on his flight suit. (Photo was taken from a distance.)<center><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/2009ascans_patch02.jpg" WIDTH="400" HEIGHT="300" BORDER="0"></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Greggy_D</TD><TD>The patch looks too busy to me.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>BMckay</TD><TD>It is not to bad up close. They are better then the knockoff coming from Malaysia.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>BMckay</TD><TD>Has anyone seen any? </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>p51</TD><TD>DANG! A guy I served with was at Ellington JRB a month ago and offered to swap me for one of these but he had no idea what it was. Probably was a real one and neither of us had a clue...</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Gonzo</TD><TD>Out of curiosity, how hard is it to get the Astronaut Class patches? (To add to collections, of course.)</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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