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Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-15-2015 07:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
America Tonight on Al Jazeera America will air a segment tonight (July 15, 10/9c) on collecting space memorabilia, with a focus on Apollo artifacts. Correspondent Adam May spoke with space collectors, attended a recent RR Auction and visited with collectSPACE for the piece.

For those not familiar, America Tonight is Al Jazeera America's flagship news show, hosted by former CNN International anchor and former CBS News correspondent Joie Chen.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 07-15-2015 09:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Good timing as this is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo-Soyuz mission, the last Apollo hardware ever to fly.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-15-2015 09:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Good point (though technically, some Apollo hardware flew again on space shuttle missions too, in support of experiments).

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-25-2015 01:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If you missed the broadcast, you can now watch the segment online:

4allmankind
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posted 07-25-2015 06:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for 4allmankind   Click Here to Email 4allmankind     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A great piece. You did a terrific job, Robert.

I'm curious for your opinion on Anderson's story of the $10,000 deal for his spacesuit. Is that an offer you've heard from other recent space travelers as well? That was really something!

cosmic_buffalo
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posted 07-25-2015 07:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for cosmic_buffalo   Click Here to Email cosmic_buffalo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great piece, nice to see Robert and space collecting on tv.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-25-2015 09:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks guys.
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Originally posted by 4allmankind:
Is that an offer you've heard from other recent space travelers as well?
Not so much from recent travelers, but I have heard similar accounts from others who have flown with the Russians in the past. The self-funded spaceflight participants are, for example, assessed an additional fee to retain their Sokol suits.

The "interesting" thing about Clay's case, and others like it, is that NASA does pay for those suits to be fabricated (either in the form of actual payments or as part of a barter for services rendered), but the space agency has never been able to retain ownership of those suits post-flight.

bruce
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posted 07-25-2015 09:25 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bruce   Click Here to Email bruce     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Nice job, Robert!

jtheoret
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posted 07-26-2015 01:10 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for jtheoret   Click Here to Email jtheoret     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Good story.

rjurek349
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posted 07-26-2015 06:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for rjurek349   Click Here to Email rjurek349     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well done, Robert -- and a great clip!

Ken Havekotte
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posted 07-26-2015 01:11 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken Havekotte   Click Here to Email Ken Havekotte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Enjoyed the feature very much, Robert, and good to see some familiar space artifacts being depicted.

Too bad Clayton and others cannot retain their own flown Sokol spacesuits after their Soyuz and ISS visits, however, was there not a contract of any sort signed by them and the Russian space agencies that provided for their post-flight suit ownerships once paid for?

SkyMan1958
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posted 07-26-2015 02:43 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for SkyMan1958   Click Here to Email SkyMan1958     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Good going Robert!

Robert Pearlman
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posted 07-26-2015 05:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Ken Havekotte:
...was there not a contract of any sort signed by them and the Russian space agencies that provided for their post-flight suit ownerships once paid for?
The contract for astronauts' flights like Anderson's is between Roscosmos and NASA, not with the individual astronaut. For whatever reason, Russia retains ownership of the Sokol suits.

james f. ruddy
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posted 07-26-2015 09:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for james f. ruddy   Click Here to Email james f. ruddy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Robert, thank you for the information on Al Jazeera, and for all the help you give to space collectors.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 07-27-2015 01:47 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great job, Robert. Thanks for the link.

Larry McGlynn
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posted 07-27-2015 09:06 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Larry McGlynn   Click Here to Email Larry McGlynn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Robert, great job.

That was actually a good video story on space collectibles. I was at the RR Auction for the Ford sale. While the majority of the bidding was done via internet and phone, the bidding was spirited.

Pete Conrad's cuff checklist sold for $1.3M back in 2001 at the height of the market. It was bought by a gentleman from Seattle and, I believe, currently resides at the Museum of Flight.

It was interesting to see a balanced article on space collecting.

mode1charlie
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posted 07-27-2015 04:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mode1charlie   Click Here to Email mode1charlie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That was a good piece: respectful and not snarky. Congrats, Robert - well done.

Hey Larry, I saw you for about one second in the background in the RR Auction segment.

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