posted 07-03-2005 10:38 PM               

I think most will go for patches, t-shirts, mugs, pictures, coins, and the Return to Flight wristband. A few will get a real signed crew pic - Hot because of relative rarity. Robbins Medallions will be sky high (as usual)!
(Robert, I hope you can get the crew to sign your Who's Who blank pages!!)

posted 07-03-2005 11:00 PM               

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Originally posted by kyra:
(Robert, I hope you can get the crew to sign your Who's Who blank pages!!)

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posted 07-04-2005 11:21 AM               

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Originally posted by kyra:

3)A signed pic from Eileen Collins "From one Collins to another" would be awesome as I'm a Collins This may happen if she visits Colorado.

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Kyra,

Shes usually very amenable through the mail - try dropping her a note. She wouldnt be able to respond untila fter the flight of course, but Id give it a try.

Cheers,

Al

posted 07-05-2005 01:25 AM               

As an addition, it may sound silly but the best thing to collect for this flight are the memories of getting back up there ! What things we collect just refreshes our memories !! Do something memorable while the mission is up there, and you will never forget it ! Take an afternoon off and have a launch party with a friend. Bungee jump. Get a telescope to spot the ISS/Shuttle combo. You get the idea. That way your treasures from the flight will rekindle the memories for a lifetime. I got my first car during STS-34, for example. The car died a few years ago, but the signed crew pic not only reminds me of zipping down the road past fields of pumpkins listening to "Bohemian Rhapsody/Galileo" and listening to daily reports of the five up there at the time !

Whatever you collect for this mission make it count in your life, too ! Even more important for this generation that only recalls the Shuttle - Mir - and ISS as a living memory.

posted 07-05-2005 05:39 AM            

I'd love to get a signed photo of the crew, or of Eileen Collins - while I have the address does anyone have any suggestions on what to write in and say?

posted 07-05-2005 07:00 PM               

Just be yourself. If you come off as just an autograph collector, then you're sure to receive an autopen litho.

Write to them care of the Johnson Space Center, Mail Code: CB in Houston and tell them why you're interested in their mission or wish them well.

The more personal the letter, the more chance you'll receive a reply.

Good Luck!

posted 07-05-2005 08:20 PM               

My sister has NASA TV, so may put her on duty too.

posted 07-10-2005 01:12 PM            

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Just be yourself. If you come off as just an autograph collector, then you're sure to receive an autopen litho.

Tim

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Hi Tim

Although I collect autographs I'm very much enamoured with spaceflight (-: Eileen Collins is amazing, and I am not the most verbose of people when in face of people I admire - even via the written word. But thanks for the advice, and I'll be composing my letter off real soon!