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thisismills
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posted 04-14-2017 03:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for thisismills   Click Here to Email thisismills     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Has anyone come across this type of display before, flown wiring from STS-95? Seller says that it was purchased from the space center gift shop in 1998, and has previously sold two others just like it.

stsmithva
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posted 04-14-2017 04:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for stsmithva   Click Here to Email stsmithva     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My two cents: the wording "Discovery Space Shuttle" (as opposed to "the Space Shuttle Discovery") is odd for a supposedly NASA product. The "NASA" seals on the box seem to be trying too hard.

Hart Sastrowardoyo
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posted 04-14-2017 06:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Hart Sastrowardoyo   Click Here to Email Hart Sastrowardoyo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If it were sold at the space center gift shop, wouldn't they have the ability to use the official NASA meatball? I also don't like the COA actually having those words - if it were really from the shuttle (and I'm not saying it isn't), wouldn't a smaller version of NASA letterhead be used?

Robert Pearlman
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posted 04-14-2017 06:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
NASA does not directly sell its property through any gift shops, at its visitor centers or elsewhere. The space agency also does not endorse commercial products, and thus does not issue certificates of authenticity.

If this is authentic (and given the issues with the packaging, it is questionable, at best), then it originated from a third party.

(Also, an observation: Discovery landed from the STS-95 mission on Nov. 7, 1998; it is unlikely anything from the orbiter was processed through NASA surplus in time for it to be purchased, repackaged, sold wholesale to a visitor center and then be available for the seller to buy in 1998.)

Chuckster01
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posted 04-14-2017 06:56 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chuckster01   Click Here to Email Chuckster01     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I am pretty sure I saw one of these for sale next to the bridge in Brooklyn.

SpaceyInMN
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posted 04-14-2017 07:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SpaceyInMN   Click Here to Email SpaceyInMN     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It looks like someone hacked that off with a dull butter knife. I would think that, if this was legitimate, NASA would have done a cleaner job of cutting the wire. Not to mention, it appears to be just dropped loose into cheap plastic packaging, left to flop around. Whoever put this together (and I personally doubt it was NASA) sure didn't take any care in presentation.

Mike_The_First
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posted 05-14-2017 08:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mike_The_First   Click Here to Email Mike_The_First     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This same seller also has listings for (terrible) Stan Lee autographs with "Marvel Authentic" holograms that, like the NASA Authentic ones on this listing, exist only on items offered by this seller.

It looks to me like they got a sheet of blank hologram stickers and decided to put their printer to use.

davidcwagner
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posted 05-23-2017 07:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for davidcwagner   Click Here to Email davidcwagner     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What about this Apollo 11 Space Used Wire? He has sold several.

Editor's note: Threads merged.

Ken Havekotte
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posted 05-23-2017 07:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken Havekotte   Click Here to Email Ken Havekotte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
To the best of knowledge, this artifact(s) were never for public sale at the KSCVC during the 1990s as advertised. As a frequent KSC-NASA vendor since the 80's, I have never seen nor knew/heard of it until now. Note that the NASA meatball logo is incomplete and using word phrases like "Spaceship" along with a "NASA Security" tape label — just no way!

neo1022
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posted 05-23-2017 07:36 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for neo1022   Click Here to Email neo1022     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
And the exact same "security hologram" inventory code sticker used on these items is currently available, custom-printed, here. Pretty sure NASA wasn't ordering these "economy" stickers from some bulk online provider...

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