posted July 24, 2003 03:25 PM               

The state of Alabama is offering a space themed license plate to motorists. According to the web page, "Proceeds from the sale of the Space Tag goes to K-12 classrooms across the state to be used in promoting math and science education using a technique known as thematic learning. Using this technique, many teachers incorporate aviation and/or space activities into their lesson plans as a tool for demonstrating principles, formulas, and topics."

posted December 16, 2004 04:33 PM               

Officials at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center trying to save the Saturn V rocket are on a mission: They need about 700 people to put down $50 each and sign up for the special Saturn V license plate before Jan. 31.

The state requires that 1,000 people preorder the special tags before it will begin production. If 1,000 aren't ordered by the deadline, then...

"It's just not an option for us," Space Center spokesman Al Whitaker said. "I mean, Huntsville and Madison County put men on the moon. How embarrassing if we can't put a tag on a car."

posted January 13, 2005 11:43 AM               

For each tag, $41.25 will go to the Space Center Foundation's Save the Saturn campaign to help pay the $5 million initial cost of restoring and showcasing one of the world's only remaining, complete Saturn V rockets.

posted February 01, 2005 12:15 PM               

Alabama soon will launch a new license plate.

As of Monday afternoon, more than 1,450 applications for the Saturn V "First to the Moon" tag had been turned in, said Ralph Petroff, head of the tag effort for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation's Saturn V Restoration executive committee.

That's at least 450 more than needed by Monday's deadline to get the state to begin producing the fund-raising license plate honoring the Saturn V - the rocket designed and developed in Huntsville that carried the astronauts on every moon mission.

posted August 19, 2005 10:54 AM               

There's one thing you can say today about those much-discussed, much-delayed, colorful, fundraising Saturn V license plates that you could never say before:

They're here.

Whether you've already ordered one or not, you can go to any county license office and get a rocket plate on your car today. You'll be helping efforts to refurbish and display the historic Saturn V rocket that's been weathering away for decades at the back of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, and Ralph Petroff believes you'll be helping refurbish Alabama's image, too.

posted January 16, 2008 10:23 AM               

• RUTRTL (Think Wally)
  
• YBYSA (This is another Wally)
  
• NASA2B (Pretty self explanatory)
  
• TSTPLT (Because I want to be one)
  
• ASTRNT (I want to be one of these too)

posted January 16, 2008 12:47 PM               

quote:

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Originally posted by lunarrv15:
...can a resident of Alabama purchase one on our behalf?

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posted January 16, 2008 12:52 PM               

MCURY8 (Mercury 8 out of a possible 7!)
APOLO1 (nice tribute)
RTSTUF (Right Stuff)
EAGLE1 (another nice tribute)

posted January 16, 2008 02:37 PM               

• TRQBS (Tranquility Base)
  
• RTSTF (variation of Right Stuff)
  
• MCURY7 (another variation)
  
• WG4FLT (Wings4Flight, my webpage)
  
• SPCSHP (Space Ship)
  
• CSPACE (it is available)
  
• AROSPC (Aerospace)
  
• ARES5 or ARES-5
  (ARESV and ARES-V were taken)
  
• LCHPAD (Launch Pad not Lunch Pad)

posted January 16, 2008 02:55 PM               

• RCKTMN (Rocketman)
  
• PADLDR (Pad Leader)
  
• CAPCOM
  
• FLTDIR (Flight Director)
  
• MCCHOU (Mission Control Houston)
  
• SPACER
  
• LAUNCH
  
• LFTOFF
  
• BLSTOF
  
• GONASA
  
• BOOSTR

posted January 18, 2008 09:08 AM               

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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
There are no (to my knowledge) souvenir versions of the Saturn V plate, if that is to what you refer.

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posted January 18, 2008 09:17 AM               

quote:

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Originally posted by lunarrv15:
I would be gladly buy the second plate.

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posted January 22, 2008 11:06 AM               

• SPCSHP -3 votes
  
• WG4FLT - 2 votes
  
• ASTRNT - 2 votes
  
• TSTPLT - 2 votes
  
• NASA2B - 2 votes
  
• AROSPC - 2 votes
  
• TRQBS - 1 vote
  
• CAPCOM - 1 vote

posted February 06, 2008 06:59 AM               

In January of 2009, production of the next Texas license plate will begin. The public currently has the opportunity to vote for one of four new designs or to keep the current plate.

The current standard design, introduced in 2000, includes the space shuttle in the upper left corner. In 2005, the design was amended to include a tribute to the loss of STS-107/Columbia by the addition of seven stars above the shuttle (similar to the custom Columbia plate pictured earlier in this thread).

Out of the five designs, only the current plate, titled "My Texas", includes reference to the space program. It is the only such plate in U.S. history to include a spacecraft or reference to NASA as part of the state's standard design.

posted February 11, 2008 10:13 PM               

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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Voting began at noon on Monday, Feb. 4 and ends at noon on Monday, Feb. 11.

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posted February 16, 2008 01:56 PM               

It is available as a real registration plate for Virginians, or as a souvenir plate for any one else. The cost for a single souvenir plate is $10, and it can be personalized for an additional $10.

I've had 'APOLLO' since 1999.