posted May 11, 2009 01:51 PM               

Now, If I understand it correctly, right now there is one medallion struck for each STS mission, and one for each ISS crew. Assuming that there are no more orbiters to fly US astronauts to space there won't be more STS Medallions (that part is quite obvious, isn't it), but what will happen to the ISS-crew medallions? Will they still be made even though America won't have it's own means of space transportation?

I was also wondering on whether the style of new Orion-class medallions will be somewhat different as compared to STS-class. There is a rather clear difference between the Apollo and STS-era medallions.