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Topic: Armstrong spacesuit aboard STS-121?
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 46909
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 07-05-2006 11:58 AM
   
From the Rockford (IL) Register Star: An Apollo spacesuit, used for training by Neil Armstrong 37 years ago, was on board the Discovery space shuttle for NASA's first Fourth of July launch. When the shuttle returns from its scheduled 12-day mission, the suit will be shipped to its new home, Historic Auto Attractions...[Historic Auto Attraction's curator Wayne] Lensing acquired the suit a month ago and immediately sent it to the Johnson Space Center in Houston for repair. The NASA people took one look at the suit, Lensing said, and offered to include it on the Discovery mission, the second shuttle mission since the Columbia disaster in 2003. The spacesuit is not listed as in the mission's Official Flight Kit and a call to JSC has them looking into the article but saying they aren't aware of any such item on-board. A message for the reporter, Sarah Roberts, to contact collectSPACE has been left, which will be followed by the same to the museum. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 1000
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 07-07-2006 06:31 PM
That sounds mighty odd. It would be hard to believe (for me at least) that NASA could actually get that suit on the shuttle within a month's time. |
Rob Sumowski
Member Posts: 466
From: Macon, Georgia
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 07-07-2006 11:12 PM
Any word from that newspaper yet? That's odd, as one would think they would check into this some more... |
benguttery
Member Posts: 548
From: Fort Worth, TX, USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 07-08-2006 08:16 AM
I'd certainly be surprised if any museum or archivist would let this object out of their site. As they are assigned the job of caring for objects, sending one on a spaceflight is not being a good steward of an historical object. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 1000
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-07-2006 10:28 PM
Any update on this story? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 46909
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-07-2006 10:32 PM
The reporter never responded but NASA confirmed, the article was false. There wasn't an Armstrong spacesuit aboard STS-121. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 1000
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-07-2006 10:39 PM
Amazing. Doesn't the general press adhere to fact checking any longer?Thanks for the update Robert. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3454
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 08-09-2006 02:34 PM
Well, yeah, we should. Particularly if it's a name that rings a bell like Armstrong. Note that her story is one-sided in that there's no NASA Voice, which should have been in there, in my opinion, and should have been one of the first phone calls made. ("Hey, NASA? This guy says Armstrong's suit is gonna fly. Is this true?")Wonder what's going to happen to her. She can probably claim she was fooled by a source, but that doesn't fly (no pun intended) against that she should have checked the story more thoroughly. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 1000
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-09-2006 08:34 PM
I think I may contact her editor. These types of stories do not fly with me and the public deserves better. It would have taken her two whole minutes to dial up JSC to verify the story. Also, I think it speaks volumes that she did not respond to Robert's request. |
Go4Launch
Member Posts: 562
From: Seminole, Fla.
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 08-09-2006 10:48 PM
Well gosh, it MUST be true -- it's on display in the "Kennedy Day in Dallas" exhibit! |
spaceman
Member Posts: 1138
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 08-13-2006 12:41 PM
When you visit the site it says the Neil Armstrong exhibit is coming soon... don't hold your breath though. If it does appear we would all be interested in seeing some photos, thanks. |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 762
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-13-2006 01:39 PM
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Originally posted by Go4Launch:
...it's on display in the "Kennedy Day in Dallas" exhibit!
Heh heh. It'd be too easy to make a conspiracy crack here! I'd be curious to see photos when it goes on display. I hope it's better than that "faithful replica" of the Lincoln X-100 presidential parade car they have on display. |
cfreeze79
Member Posts: 466
From: Herndon, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-13-2006 02:18 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Greggy_D:
Amazing. Doesn't the general press adhere to fact checking any longer?
Something my dad (a journalist, as well as historic researcher) will often say: A reporter that messes up some facts, but meets their deadlines, will keep their job - a reporter who gets all the facts right, but misses a few deadlines, won't.Food for thought... |
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