Posts: 3445 From: Toms River, NJ Registered: Aug 2000
posted 03-12-2013 02:18 AM
Anybody have any idea as to its legitimacy (e.g., did Lucid commission this patch?) I'm confused because STS-76 was not a Discovery flight.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-12-2013 04:27 AM
My guess is that this is an invention of the seller based on:
Your name and address will be placed on the certificate after each purchase.
...and the disclaimer:
This design is protected under copyright.
To say nothing of the orbiter/mission mismatch.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 03-12-2013 07:03 AM
The seller confirms that he created the patch, and that "Discovery" was the result of a mix-up between designs he submitted to the manufacturer.
Thus, this is a commemorative patch with no connection to Shannon Lucid or the mission.