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Topic: Custom space mission trading cards project
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RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 02-14-2019 05:00 PM
   
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Originally posted by perineau:
After LTA-8 and 2 TV-1, another simulation you might want to consider...
I'm glad you like them. SMEAT is definitely doing to be part of the set. I hadn't thought about Skylab Rescue but I might do that as well. Other cards I'm going to mix in is something for the Shuttle ALT (although I'm not sure how I'm going to do it yet) and the unmanned Buran flight. |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 02-15-2019 01:17 AM
Shuttle ALT and Buran were milestones to be sure. If you need any pics, just let me know. |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 02-15-2019 08:49 AM
I may need some help with photos when I get there. If I do, I will let you know. Thanks!The Shuttle ALT is a little challenging to fit into this set because it occurred over a long period of time and I'm trying to do everything in chronological order (as close as I can). My thought is I might break ALT up into two cards... the first for all the inert exercises (beginning with the first taxi test on 2/15/1977 and ending with the final captive inert flight on 3/2/1977). Then do a card for the 8 active flights which began in June. There would be no cards between them because the Soviet Soyuz 24 launched 2/7/1977 and Soyuz 25 launched 10/9/1977. But, I haven't decided how I'm going to do it exactly just yet. Here are my latest creations: #43 Apollo 7  #44 Soyuz 3  #45 Apollo 8  #46 Soyuz 4  #47 Soyuz 5  |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 02-15-2019 10:53 AM
Regarding Shuttle ALT flights — perhaps a card for each of the two different astronaut crews (Haise-Fullerton and Engle-Truly) covering their glide-test flights might be a way to go... |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 02-28-2019 09:45 AM
OK, here is the next batch. I decided to go with an image of Armstrong on the moon for the Apollo 11 card over a more famous shot. I just felt like the card should feature Armstrong.#48 Apollo 9  #49 Apollo 10  #50 Apollo 11  #51 Soyuz 6  #52 Soyuz 7  #53 Soyuz 8  |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 02-28-2019 10:01 AM
Nice touch to closeup Armstrong - there were so few pics of him on the moon! |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 03-07-2019 05:56 PM
Here is the next few.#54 Apollo 12  #55 Apollo 13  #56 Soyuz 9  #57 Apollo 14  |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 03-08-2019 01:42 AM
Nice job, as always! |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1625
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 03-08-2019 03:13 AM
Great stuff Richie.Minor point regarding Apollo 14 text... "would have aborted" not "abort". Keep it up, thoroughly enjoying it. |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 03-08-2019 08:28 AM
Thanks.I see the minor typo now. I will fix it on my master copy. I'm making an effort to proof read them carefully, but I still seem to miss some here and there. Haha. |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 03-27-2019 04:27 PM
OK, here is the next batch.#58 Salyut 1  #59 Soyuz 10  #60 Soyuz 11  #61 Apollo 15  #62 Apollo 16  #63 SMEAT  I hope you guys like them! |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 03-28-2019 02:16 AM
Yes, I do - great job! |
LM1
Member Posts: 861
From: New York, NY
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 03-28-2019 08:25 AM
Great job. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 446
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-28-2019 08:34 PM
Great cards! I noticed a typo in the Soyuz 11 card though. In the last paragraph, you have “value” instead of “valve”. |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 03-29-2019 09:01 AM
Thanks. I'll fix it on my master. |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-02-2019 03:15 PM
OK, here are the next group. #64 DOS-2  #65 Apollo 17  #66 Salyut 2  #67 Kosmos 557  #68 Skylab 1  |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-03-2019 12:46 AM
Wow, interesting stuff about the Soviet space stations! |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-07-2019 12:00 PM
Here is the next group. I hope you like them.#69 Skylab 2  #70 Skylab 3  #71 Soyuz 12  #72 Skylab 4  #73 Soyuz 13  |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-08-2019 01:23 AM
Great work as always; are you going to include the standby Skylab rescue mission? |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-08-2019 08:36 AM
Thanks.I decided to skip Skylab Rescue. Although its a cool story, I wanted to focus on missions that flew and developmental tests (such as SMEAT) that pushed the programs forward. Maybe I will regret skipping it down the road, but I decided to leave it out. |
oly
Member Posts: 1436
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 04-08-2019 07:19 PM
Nice work. I noticed a typo on the #63 SMEAT card, second last line that you may wish to correct at some point. Well done. |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-09-2019 04:52 AM
RE: Skylab rescue - fair enough! |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-10-2019 05:04 PM
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Originally posted by oly:
I noticed a typo on the #63 SMEAT card...
Oh... looks like I left out a word. I will fix it on my master copy. I try and catch the typos but some seem to slip through. Nice catch.Here is the next batch, hope you like them. This gets the set through 1974. #74 Salyut 3  #75 Soyuz 14  #76 Soyuz 15  #77 Soyuz 16  #78 Salyut 4  Thanks for looking!!! |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-11-2019 12:37 AM
Interesting details on Salyut space stations! |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-14-2019 10:37 AM
OK, here are a few more. This batch gets us through 1975. How you enjoy them.#79 Soyuz 17  #80 Soyuz 18A  #81 Soyuz 18  #82 Soyuz 19  #83 ASTP  |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-14-2019 02:29 PM
Great work spanning 1961-1975, the "golden era" of space exploration!Although I'm kinda disappointed you left out Skylab rescue — the first standby rescue mission in history! |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-14-2019 03:30 PM
So, the main reason I started doing custom cards (beginning with sports cards and now this project) is because I wanted to do something to express my interest in the subject and fill a void I felt was missing. Plus, it sorta became fun.I started sharing them with people online a few years back (and more recently this project here) and the response I've gotten from those who cared to comment has been overwhelmingly positive. The feedback I have received has meant a lot to me and as a result I try and produce designs that a more than just for me. I try and produce something that others can enjoy. To that end, I will admit that I miscalculated with omitting a Skylab Rescue card. Clearly it is something that is wanted. The truth is, these don't take me that long to create. They did at first but now I have a system in place and can churn them out pretty fast. So, adding a Skylab Rescue is not a huge deal. The problem is, I am trying to do this in absolute chronological order... and I've passed Skylab Rescue's slot. Because it was a contingency through out Skylab... but mostly for Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 I felt it best fit immediately after Skylab 4. To that end, I have numbered the card #73. I am going to go back and renumber all the cards after the Rescue for my master but I'm not going to go through the process of updating them here because all that is changing is the number on the back. The next card in order I will release will be the Salyut 5 space station card which I will number #85. That will put everything back on track. So, without further ado... #73 Skylab Rescue  |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-15-2019 02:55 AM
Great addition to a fine collection! I would love to do something like that, but I don't have your talent - fortunately, you do!A couple of random suggestions: for the ALT shuttle flights, maybe do a card for each of the two crews with their flights listed. And although it was unmanned, the Russian Buran shuttle flight in 1988 is noteworthy because it was the first fully-automated spaceflight of a shuttle vehicle; something that the USA would not duplicate until 2010 with the first X-37B mission. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1115
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-15-2019 10:26 AM
quote:
Originally posted by RichieB16:
That will put everything back on track.
Since the Skylab Rescue scenario involved the same Saturn stack which was later used as a potential backup for Soyuz-Apollo mission you may as well just number this card 84 and carry on. No real need to backtrack. You're doing a great job! |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-15-2019 03:42 PM
quote:
Originally posted by perineau:
Great addition to a fine collection! A couple of random suggestions...
I'm glad you like it. I have not quite decided how I'm going to do ALT but doing a card for each crew is certainly an option. I might do 3 cards total. One for the uncrewed taxi/inert tests and one card for each crew covering both their captive and free flights. But I have a little time to figure it out.Buran is going to be part of the set for sure... as are the four TKS missions and their descendant FGB derived space station modules. quote:
Originally posted by Cozmosis22:
No real need to backtrack. You're doing a great job!
It's OK... I went ahead and fixed it in my master set. I"m not going to bother posting the changes here, because it won't make much of a visual difference but the next card will be #85. |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-16-2019 05:22 PM
OK, here are the cards for 1976:#85 Salyut 5  #86 Soyuz 21  #87 Soyuz 22  #88 Soyuz 23  |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-17-2019 05:56 AM
Nice work - a "red" banner year for the Soviets! |
SpaceAngel
Member Posts: 428
From: Maryland
Registered: May 2010
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posted 04-22-2019 11:44 AM
Will any space shuttle missions will be added in the near future? |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-22-2019 01:39 PM
I'm doing them in chronological order... so I will get to them when its time. I'm actually working on the Soyuz 28 card today (ALT is done, so there is some shuttle there). STS-1 will be immediately after Soyuz 39. My guess is I am a couple weeks away from that.STS-1 however was one of my original prototype designs and I posted those when I first started near the beginning of this thread. The final design for STS-1 will be the same front with a slightly altered back. |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-22-2019 02:08 PM
OK, here are the next group. Just finished Soyuz 28 a few minutes ago.#89 Soyuz 24  #90 ALT Inert Tests  #91 ALT Crew #1  #92 ALT Crew #2  #93 Salyut 6  #94 Soyuz 25  #95 Soyuz 26  #96 Soyuz 27  #97 Soyuz 28  I hope you enjoy them! |
perineau
Member Posts: 351
From: FRANCE
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 04-22-2019 04:13 PM
Excellent, as always! |
thisismills
Member Posts: 480
From: Michigan
Registered: Mar 2012
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posted 04-22-2019 05:17 PM
Any thought of using landscape orientation for a few of the cards throughout the set? There were always a few of these interspersed in the major sports card issues back in the day for hard to frame scenes. It came to mind when I saw the Enterprise/ALT cards, as the Shuttle free flying/landing and 747 might benefit from the wider layout.Keep up the really good work! |
RichieB16
Member Posts: 629
From: Oregon
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-22-2019 08:03 PM
I had considered that as it has been hard sometimes to find the right fit with photos. I just don't have a template built for it and I don't know if it would look uniform with the Earth orbit background. I'm honestly spending more time on the backs learning a little about each flight and trying to give a very short and concise summary. I could always play around with the design and see. |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 1028
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 04-24-2019 10:55 AM
Very good job with the trading cards project. Keep up the great work. Hopefully, you will be able to continue until the present day with ISS, Commercial Crew Program and the SLS/Orion and our return to the Moon? |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 1115
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-24-2019 03:54 PM
In your recent Soyuz 26, 27, 28 set it looks like Georgi Grechko is quite the popular guy and appears to be on all three cards. Is there a particular reason why you are not identifying the cosmonauts in the photos? Met Grechko at the Soviet Space traveling exhibit located at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History at the time. Visited on October 4, 1991 and there was a US Postal station set up there. The exhibit was there in Texas from June until January 1992. He was quite personable, friendly and smiling all the time. Always wondered what he was thinking as on the other side of the planet his homeland was coming apart at the seams. He didn't appear to speak English but was happy to sign anything handed to him. Recall this was just about two months before the total dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in December of 1991. |
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