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Topic: "Mini Museum" and space artifact samples
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Teacher in space
Member Posts: 71
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Registered: Sep 2013
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posted 02-26-2014 02:07 PM
  
If you would like to own Apollo 11 Command module foil, a lunar meteorite, a dinosaur bone and a mummy wrap, you can now have them in one piece! From Kickstarter: The idea is simple. For the past 35 years I have collected amazing specimens specifically for this project. I then carefully break those specimens down into smaller pieces, embed them in resin, and you end up with an epic museum in a manageable space. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 02-26-2014 05:10 PM
I'd like to know how he is going to source 2000+ pieces of Apollo 11 kapton. Even if they are small, it is still going to add up to a considerable amount. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-26-2014 05:18 PM
The Kickstarter page notes the source of the kapton: The mini museum sample was obtained directly from astronaut Buzz Aldrin during an auction in 2007. Specifically, it was this Heritage auction lot for an 8.25" x 2" segment. |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-26-2014 08:21 PM
The idea is simple. For the past 35 years I have collected amazing specimens specifically for this project. I then carefully break those specimens down What irony... valued as amazing specimens, they are no more.  |
Teacher in space
Member Posts: 71
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Registered: Sep 2013
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posted 02-27-2014 12:50 AM
That is true. I would prefer whole items. I do have casting resin, so making my own "mini museum" with larger items would be great project. |
mercsim
Member Posts: 219
From: Phoenix, AZ
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 02-27-2014 08:45 AM
It sounds pretty cool. If he used 0.1 inch squares, which is almost 1/8 inch, he could get 1600 (20x80) pretty easily. That seams reasonable. Once he gets going, he should be able to buy other mission samples to use. |
4allmankind
Member Posts: 1043
From: Dallas
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 03-04-2016 03:05 PM
Is anyone here aware of the Mini Museum?I just bumped into their site. Interesting concept, and I love the spirit of being able to share history with the masses, but space fans should take note that they have cut up a flown Skylab music tape. Editor's note: Threads merged. |
p51
Member Posts: 1642
From: Olympia, WA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted 03-04-2016 06:14 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SpaceAholic:
What irony... valued as amazing specimens, they are no more.
The real irony is that people decry cutting up of something as the 'destruction' of it, when the item in question is almost always ALREADY a small piece cut from the actual original complete item. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 3110
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 03-05-2016 04:45 PM
Personally I don't have much problem with people cutting existing fragments of things into smaller fragments.The Skylab tape however was an intact artifact and I don't really see any justification for destroying it when they could have used Skylab insulation material recovered in Australia. |
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