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Author	Topic: History behind STS-107 commemorative t-shirt
Dan K New Member Posts: 9 From: Registered: Sep 2014	posted 06-02-2015 12:12 PM This T-shirt came to me with the back story that Rick Husband had presented it at a pre-launch dinner dance a few weeks before the Columbia disaster. However, I've always presumed that the half-mast U.S. flag that is in the background must mean that this T-shirt was produced AFTER the disaster, not before. I've never been able to locate this image anywhere else, or find a similar commemorative T-shirt. Can anyone clear this up?
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42988 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 06-02-2015 12:21 PM It appears that the shirt includes the date of the crew's loss, "February 1, 2003," which would by definition require it be produced after the tragedy (otherwise, there would be no reason to highlight that date and that date alone).
Dan K New Member Posts: 9 From: Registered: Sep 2014	posted 06-03-2015 03:54 AM Yes, I thought that looked suspect too. It would have been the landing date for the mission anyway, but you would expect any pre-flight t-shirt would be more likely to include the launch date than the landing date. To me it still strikes me as a rather odd memorial t-shirt, regardless.

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