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Topic: Value opinion on large shuttle flown item
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GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 21
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-08-2020 12:56 PM
   
Looking through my collection and came across a piece of insulation that appears complete. Seems like most of this kind of stuff gets cut up for individual lucite displays when they get replaced. This one has a serial number on the item and is stamped scrap on other side. It feels like beta cloth but I'm not an expert. Planning on selling, so need estimates. Here are pictures, laid a spoon next to it for size.  
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2504
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-08-2020 01:12 PM
They are sold on eBay often and there is one there now with a Buy-It-Now price of $100. |
GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 21
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-08-2020 01:43 PM
Thank you, guess that explains why dealers cut them up. |
GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 21
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-08-2020 02:17 PM
After looking through completed auctions of various memorabilia it would seem everyone that wants one already has it. Lots of heat shields and various stuff that didn't sell or sold for $20 or less. Kind of surprised me since I have not looked in a while. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2954
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-08-2020 04:02 PM
By far, not all of the shuttle orbiter Thermal Control System (TCS) blankets have been cut up. The type shown above is a Beta cloth Fibrous blanket with an added vent at the top. The vent hole allowed air to egress to and from the blanket to account for the differences of Earth's atmosphere and the space environment.My firm has several of the same fully-intact TCS blankets available, most that had been for use on OV-102 (Columbia) and OV-104 (Atlantis). At this time, though, it cannot be fully determined if the re-routed blankets of this type were installed by LSOC and flew on an orbiter space flight. It appears that some did indeed fly, however, I can't say with 100% accuracy of their flown status from the 1980's and possibly the early 1990's. I've got a few similar TCS blankets available with each containing their attached red serial number and identification tag along with a one-sheet documentation page and sometimes with an added yellow serviceable card-tag. Most are at least 3"x 5" square with about 1.5" in thickness. If anyone is interested, I'll let some go of this type and size at $65 each postpaid within the USA (but no foreign sales are permitted). A few larger sizes can also be accommodated for with a slightly higher price range. |
GregoryScottBass
Member Posts: 21
From: Pelzer, SC
Registered: Mar 2020
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posted 03-08-2020 05:51 PM
I think I would recommend these to anyone, the more worn they look probably indicates they were taken out of service. The tags are a plus for proof.I like them because they are large intact pieces, and beta cloth is pretty cool too. For the price they are a bargain, might be 30 years before people realize that though. $65 is a steal. |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2954
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-08-2020 06:44 PM
In my opinion, too, I think they're cool-looking as each is a fully intact TCS blanket for NASA Space Shuttle Orbiter use. The serial number on each is clearly indicated on the base of the blanket across the solar shield. |
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