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Topic: Mystery Discovery Shuttle patch
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spaced out
Member Posts: 2383
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted July 03, 2012 04:30 PM
   
Can anyone tell me anything about these two Shuttle patches which apparently depict "Discovery"?  |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 74
From: Albany, Oregon USA
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted July 03, 2012 05:36 PM
The only thing I know about them is that they are connected with the STS-42 mission. In what capacity or by whom they were designed, I don't know. |
Kevin T. Randall
Member Posts: 339
From: High Wycombe, Bucks UK
Registered: Dec 2008
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posted July 04, 2012 03:34 AM
Donnis Willis of Lunar Legacies sold an example of the bottom version of this patch on eBay on 21st October 2007 (lot No. 150172055877 which sold for $102.50 with 10 bids from 5 bidders). His description for that auction sale was: A very uncommon STS-42 alternative crew patch. The only time I have ever seen this patch was on a display as being flown on STS-42. Hence it's association with STS-42.At the moment I can only find one other sale of this patch (bottom version) on eBay, lot No. 180785261448 on 1st January 2012 when it sold for $48 with 3 bids from 3 bidders. There may of been another in a lot of four or five other patches sold on eBay a few years ago, but at the moment I can't find it. This is the first time I've seen an example of the top version of this patch. |
Harald Kraenzel
Member Posts: 266
From: Dinslaken,Germany
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted July 04, 2012 05:37 AM
I have the same information regarding the bottom patch. This is the first time I see the top patch. |
Bill Hunt
Member Posts: 369
From: Irvine, CA
Registered: Oct 2002
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posted July 04, 2012 02:27 PM
I've always suspected that it was some kind of private commemoration of "Sonny" Carter's original involvement with the mission. I believe he was a U.S. Navy officer, wasn't he? Could explain some of the patriotic symbolism. Conversely, it could be payload related. |
spaced out
Member Posts: 2383
From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted July 05, 2012 12:56 AM
Maybe Al Bishop was the creator of this patch since he seems to have had a significant stack of the lower design. The fact that he also had a single example of the top design makes it look like that might have been a pre-production sample based on alternative artwork. |
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