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Topic: Apollo 204 (Apollo 1) review board badges
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BCB
New Member Posts: 3
From: Chicago Heights, IL USA
Registered: Nov 2013
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posted 03-14-2024 08:00 AM
   
Looking for information on the badges given the Apollo 1 review board members in 1967. I have recently acquired a board member badge for my space collection. It is badge number 28. I am not only curious to know who this specific badge was issued to, but to discover as much about who was issued which badge. I have seen badges numbered as high as 99, and know that number 27 was issued to Jack King, KSC chief of public information. But have been unable to discover much else. I have looked through Apollo 1 review board report, and tried to get information from NASA online, but to no avail. Any information, clues, ideas are sincerely appreciated. |
413 is in
Member Posts: 719
From: Alexandria, VA USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-20-2024 11:28 AM
The individuals who were assigned these serial numbered badges would have originally been documented in some form by the NASA KSC security office when originally issued in 1967. Unfortunately, most of this information remains unavailable or, more likely, has since been disposed of over time.
I have an Apollo 204 Review Board “Report” badge #86 which provided access to the official presentation meeting of the published results of the investigation. Fortunately, my badge is also marked with the original holder’s name, H. L. Easley, typed on the front. In a perfect world from a collector's viewpoint, it would have been useful for Apollo 204 review board member’s badges to have also been identified by name. To date, the only other examples of your badge that I have seen all remain anonymous other than Jack King’s example that I believe came directly out of his personal collection and itself does not contain King's name on it.
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BCB
New Member Posts: 3
From: Chicago Heights, IL USA
Registered: Nov 2013
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posted 03-23-2024 01:12 PM
Thanks. Seems such a shame from an historical point of view that the identities of the people associated with these badges are not documented somewhere. |
413 is in
Member Posts: 719
From: Alexandria, VA USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted 03-24-2024 05:14 PM
Yep, it’s quite a shame indeed. Such are the travails of NASA badge collectors. Unfortunately, many other types of NASA event or facility access badges were issued without the employee’s name on them as it was easier to produce the badges en masse with serial number only. Keep in mind, when originally issued and used, these badges would have been required to be worn along with the official NASA employee or contractor photo ID badge. Once separated, the history behind the original user is often lost to history. | |
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