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Topic: Manufactured in space onboard the space shuttle?
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mensax
Member Posts: 861
From: Virginia
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 11-28-2002 08:46 AM
   
Anybody have any comments on this item??? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13904&item=738867914&rd=1 |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 11-28-2002 08:51 AM
They are real. Each vial contains a tiny drop of the polystyrene speheres solution, mixed in with water. The original vials, containing pure solution, are available from some company (I forget the name, the do have a website). Someone purchased a vial and then created these souvenirs for distribution. So they are real, but the actual amount in the vial of flown material is small. Worth $5 I'd say. ------------------
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Space was invented so that everything doesn't happen to you.' -Anonymous" |
Ben
Member Posts: 1896
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: May 2000
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posted 11-28-2002 10:57 AM
Here is where they were purchased from, the National Institute of Standards and Technology:
http://ois.nist.gov/srmcatalog/common/view_detail.cfm?srm=1960
http://ois.nist.gov/srmcatalog/common/view_detail.cfm?srm=1961 |
hoorenz
Member Posts: 1031
From: The Netherlands
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 01-02-2003 03:29 PM
I really don't understand why people buy these things. There is nothing to be seen! Even if this is real, it still is just a glass tube filled with water to me. Unless you are a great microscope fan, of course. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-02-2003 03:45 PM
Items like the STS-6 microscopic beads, Apollo 15 lead marks, and even the STS-8 covers offer an inexpensive means for collectors -- especially those just beginning the hobby -- to own something flown and well documented. My STS-6 'bead' plaque was one of my first acquisitions and it still has a proud place in my collection. Afterall, it was the first product to be produced in space and therefore represents an important part of why we explore space (an activity we don't often get to "see"). |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-03-2003 02:35 PM
I've got one of those also. Not much to look at, but pretty cool to think of where they came from!
http://www.geocities.com/tegwilym2/collection/artifacts/challengerbeads.html Tom
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Rochemontagne
Member Posts: 187
From: Loveland, CO U.S.A.
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 01-12-2003 07:31 PM
I have a brand new STS 6 "bead" plaque that I just found in storage. I am the person who produced the plaque back in 1989. I was planning on putting it on eBay, but if anyone here is interested in purchasing it, let me know.
Dennis |
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