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Topic: 'John Hancock' of space? (Astronaut signatures)
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mikepf
Member Posts: 441
From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 11-04-2015 10:41 AM
   
I recently found a signed copy of "Off the Planet" by Jerry Linenger. His signature is a good 8 inches long. It goes diagonally from one corner to the other of an empty page. This is easily the biggest astronaut autograph I remember seeing. Was this typical of his book signings? Have any of you see other astronauts who signed so big? |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-04-2015 10:49 AM
I ordered his book when it first came out, and it is signed the same way. |
lspooz
Member Posts: 384
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Aug 2012
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posted 11-04-2015 11:37 AM
Yup, I have both full diagonal corner-to-corner w/black Sharpie (two hardcover books at blank flyleaf) and some horizontal full-width with black ballpoint (two books at title page, one NASA litho).Shuttle astronaut Roger Crouch (who gives a great speech) has an inscription that tends to be pretty large and free range, increasing in size as it goes along. |
COR482932
Member Posts: 212
From: Cork, Ireland
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 11-04-2015 03:47 PM
I'll go for both ends of the scale. - Largest: Chiaki Mukai
- Smallest: Gordo Cooper
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Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 11-04-2015 06:00 PM
And shortest has to be Ed Lu, with four letters! |
sts205cdr
Member Posts: 649
From: Sacramento, CA
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 11-04-2015 06:50 PM
Story... Just that, but BIG. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 11-04-2015 09:18 PM
Dave Wolf does the same. A big 'Dave'. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 11-05-2015 07:44 AM
I've got a big Story signature on a photo as well but he signed it upside down. When I asked him why he said "because there's no up or down in space." |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 452
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 11-05-2015 12:44 PM
Most illegible (of the ones I have anyways), Rusty Schweickart and Steve Bowen, I'll call it a tie. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 11-06-2015 06:02 AM
quote:
Originally posted by cycleroadie:
Most illegible
I would add Jeff Hoffman to your list. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 11-09-2015 01:09 AM
Just home from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's Space Rendezvous, where I had lunch with Jeff Hoffman; fun time. It's 3 AM but I just had to go measure my Aldrin on my Apollo 17 panorama; A good 8" long and beautiful! |
Kirsten
Member Posts: 536
From: Delft, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 11-12-2015 11:15 AM
Ulf Merbold also signed some of my items with a VERY big autograph. |
india-mike
Member Posts: 76
From: Linnich, Northrine Westfalia, Germany
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted 11-12-2015 02:46 PM
I have a copy of the "Mir Story" from David Harland that already signed 25 different astronauts and cosmonauts who flew missions to the Saljut and Mir space stations. Ulf Merbold also signed this one because he flew a mission to Mir (Soyuz TM-20).And guess what? His signature is the LARGEST compared to the signatures of all the others. The signature of Viktor Afanasiyev is the shortest one in this book until now. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 11-22-2015 11:23 AM
quote:
Originally posted by sts205cdr:
Story... Just that, but BIG.
I agree. I have a copy of 'The Way of Water' and his signature is HUGE! |
Mark Zimmer
Member Posts: 289
From:
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 01-14-2016 12:55 PM
I had Walt Cunningham sign my Alan Bean Apollo book, along with many other folks. His signature is easily 4x as big as anyone else's — spans the entire oversized page. |
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