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Topic:	NASA@50: Fifty years of space collectibles

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: [B] [QUOTE]Originally posted by LCDR Scott Schneeweis: [b]I am slightly biased of course but hope it will include more hardware![/b][/QUOTE] I considered this (as a hardware fan myself) but I really wanted to showcase items that many people could own rather than one-of-a-kind items. Skylab parts and shuttle tiles seemed like good examples of hardware that were/are available in mass quantity. I had considered including Apollo kapton too, but the timeline was to be composed of "collectibles" rather than artifacts. The spin-off is a 'go' for Monday morning. It is not so much a different list than a different venue for its presentation...[/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>NASA@50: <A HREF="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-100108a.html" TARGET=_blank>Fifty years of space collectibles</A> <BLOCKQUOTE>The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA as it is more commonly referred to today, began operations 50 years ago on Oct. 1, 1958. Charged with leading the nation's civilian research into air travel and space exploration, it was the latter that caught the public's imagination, which in turn led to a wide desire for commemorative and actual pieces of NASA's exploits in outer space.In honor of NASA's anniversary, collectSPACE offers the following colorful tour through the agency's first 50 years as guided by the space collectibles it inspired. Each item pictured is contemporary to the milestone it was selected to portray.</BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Jake</TD><TD>I wonder which items in MY collection would best represent certain years. So, just for fun... Note: I only collect the "first 20 years of manned US spaceflight" - April 12, 1961 to April 12, 1981 so it is a shorter list... 1961 � Vintage Topping Mercury capsule model1962 � 1/35 scale ESTES Mercury Redstone model built by Dave Ginsberg & signed by Scott C & Gordo C1963 � Boeing Model Shop Dyna-Soar model - cast from an original model1964 � Vintage Boeing Model Shop Manned Orbiting Lab (MOL) model1965 � Vintage Lockheed Model Shop Gemini/Agena model1966 � Dick Gordon's Post-flight Gemini II jumpsuit1967 � Vintage North American Rockwell Command/Service Module model1968 � Signed "Earthrise"1969 � Vintage Grumman Lunar Module model1970 � Vintage Topping Sikorsky Sea King recovery helicopter model1971 � Vintage North American �Medium Performance Re-entry Vehicle� patent model1972 � 1/200 scale Saturn V model signed by Gene C1973 � 1/100 scale Nick Proach Skylab model1974 � Vintage TANG ad for Skylab1975 � NASA�s chief ASTP translator�s commemorative drink glass1976 � Vintage Rockwell(?) Space Shuttle prototype model1977 � Vintage 1/100 scale Boeing Model Shop Boeing 747 with Shuttle1978 � Boeing�s patent submittal for the �shuttle with 747� concept (photocopy)1979 � Original NASA Press release with status of shuttle program(?)1980 � Vintage Rockwell 1/144 scale Space Shuttle Columbia model1981 � Vintage Rockwell 1/200 scale Rockwell Space Shuttle stack model------------------ Jake Schultz - curator, Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>RMH</TD><TD>Nicely put together Robert. Shows the array of collectibles that is offered for us enthusiasts along with a nice look back in NASA history. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Hawkman</TD><TD>VERY nicely done, Robert! I enjoyed the article and the photos.Gene</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Thanks guys! It was a fun (if not also <A HREF="http://blogs.discovery.com/space_disco/2008/10/space-collectib.html" TARGET=_blank>very time-consuming</A>) article to assemble. There may be a spin-off in the works, too...Jake, I really enjoyed reading your personal timeline. My selections were made to try to represent as many different types of collectibles as possible. If others would like to share their lists, either based on their own collections or their ideal choices, it would be great to see here...</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Jake</TD><TD>Thanks Rob't... I had no idea it took you that long to develop your list. That's almost an hour of your effort per NASA year...(!) Way to go.........------------------ Jake Schultz - curator, Newport Way Air Museum (OK, it's just my home)</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>LCDR Scott Schneeweis</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: There may be a spin-off in the works, too... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I am slightly biased of course but hope it will include more hardware!------------------ Scott Schneeweis <A HREF="http://www.SPACEAHOLIC.com/" TARGET=_blank>http://www.SPACEAHOLIC.com/</A></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by LCDR Scott Schneeweis: I am slightly biased of course but hope it will include more hardware!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I considered this (as a hardware fan myself) but I really wanted to showcase items that many people could own rather than one-of-a-kind items. Skylab parts and shuttle tiles seemed like good examples of hardware that were/are available in mass quantity. I had considered including Apollo kapton too, but the timeline was to be composed of "collectibles" rather than artifacts.The spin-off is a 'go' for Monday morning. It is not so much a different list than a different venue for its presentation...</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Robert Pearlman: a different venue for its presentation...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> And that 'venue' would be NASA's own website: <A HREF="http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/features/collecting_history.html" TARGET=_blank>Collecting 50 Years of NASA Space History</A> ...where an abbreviated version of the article and a photo gallery are now online.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>Robert Pearlman</TD><TD>Another adaptation of the original, this one a slideshow assembled by The New York Times: <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/10/13/science/space/100908-Spaceforsale_index.html" TARGET=_blank>Space Souvenirs</A></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>E2M Lem Man</TD><TD>Jake and Robert -Gee, I almost have most of what you guys mentioned. I would have put down for 1975 an ASTP stand model from Rockwell though. I can't wait to get the new museum opened here in Downey!J.M. Busby</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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