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Topic: Shuttle Hardware Discussion
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fuzzfoot
Member Posts: 177
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Registered: Oct 2003
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posted 01-16-2005 12:08 PM
  
Like me, some of us on this forum collect quite a bit of Shuttle Hardware, both flown and unflown. For me, it has become quite an investment. Sometimes I will sell several items to buy a bigger or 'better' artifact or I may find 'treasures' at surplus sales and re-sell them for a profit and buy more hardware for my collection.My question is this: after the inevitable retirement of the Space Shuttle in the near future, do you think the market will become flooded with flown and unflown shuttle hardware and surplus? It is such a huge program that the surplus has to be just as large. And what will NASA do with it when the program ends? Historically, we have seen the surge of Apollo era surplus in the mid 70's where one could have purchased what is now near-priceless pieces of LM and CM hardware for ridiculously low surplus prices. In any form of collecting, there is a 'right' time to sell, and I guess that is one of the questions I am pondering. Do you think the prices of Shuttle Hardware will plunge after its retirement, or will it be quite the opposite? I believe this is an important question to ask for those of us who have invested so much money into Shuttle Artifacts. Does this make sense? What do you think? |
Matt T
Member Posts: 1368
From: Chester, Cheshire, UK
Registered: May 2001
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posted 01-16-2005 03:53 PM
I guess it will rise steadily after the retirement of shuttles, but I doubt it will attain the desirability of the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo hardware. Aside from the two tragedies the program never really caught the world's attention in the same way as those that had gone before.I think Skylab is a good example; I was once offered two suit gloves, one made for an Apollo moonwalker, one made for a Skylab crewman. Both were in similar condition, and to all intents and purposes identical. The Apollo glove was being offered for 50% more than the other. Cheers,
Matt ------------------
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