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Topic: Autographica 12, October 2008
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David Bryant
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posted 09-22-2008 06:27 AM
   
Mmmmm...To be positive: Vance Brand and Jerry Carr look like good deals! (Especially if you collect 'Cap Coms') |
gliderpilotuk
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From: London, UK
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posted 09-22-2008 10:16 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Paul23:
Just noticed on the pre ordered photos section of the Autographica website some prices have been put up:
Vance Brand Autograph - £30
Jerry Carr Autograph - £20
Now revised upwards by £10 each in the last few weeks. Damn - should have pre-ordered  Paul |
uk spacefan
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Registered: Jan 2007
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posted 09-22-2008 12:45 PM
[QUOTE]Originally posted by machbusterman:
"Houston, We Have a Problem" (which is incorrect BTW, it should be "Houston, We've Had a Problem") along with Apollo 13 CDR was £95. 95 quid for an incorrect inscription is a bit steep Mr. Lovell if you're reading this!  |
Paul23
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Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-22-2008 02:02 PM
I suppose these prices are for pre orders so there's always a chance the show prices may be a bit less. I was planning to get two Jim Lovell pictures signed but I'm starting to wonder about just getting one now. |
machbusterman
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From: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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posted 09-22-2008 02:07 PM
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Originally posted by uk spacefan:
95 quid for an incorrect inscription is a bit steep Mr. Lovell if you're reading this!
There were LOADS of those getting signed... I suspect there were many who didn't know the line from the movie was incorrect. |
gliderpilotuk
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posted 09-22-2008 02:38 PM
Look on the bright side, there's ONE more letter in the correct quote, which would've cost you another fiver.  |
machbusterman
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posted 09-23-2008 01:53 PM
LOL |
paulushumungus
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From: Burton, Derbyshire, England
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 09-24-2008 08:18 AM
The astro's are starting to take the "Constellation Ur-ion" |
David Bryant
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From: Norfolk UK
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posted 09-24-2008 08:52 AM
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Originally posted by paulushumungus:
The astro's are starting to take the "Constellation Ur-ion"
I know that phrase! Quote from Wally Schirra, isn't it? |
paulushumungus
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From: Burton, Derbyshire, England
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 09-25-2008 07:07 AM
Possibly David, but I got it from the movie Apollo 13. |
David Bryant
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posted 09-25-2008 07:32 AM
Actually, I think most Astros have said it at one time or another! It's a reference to Glenn's 'Fire flies' I believe. If he ever visits the UK, we can ask him! (Now wouldn't THAT be a blast!) |
nasamad
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From: Essex, UK
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posted 09-25-2008 10:18 AM
Gradually veering of the show topic I know, but I thought the Urion reference was due to the spray of urine coming from the spacecraft after a urine dump, rather than Glenn's fireflies.Adam |
David Bryant
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posted 09-25-2008 11:52 AM
True! But I believe the phenomenon of Glenn's fireflies was later explained after a urine dump by Wally Schirra produced the same effect. His 'Constellation Ur-ion' was picked up and used extensively by other Astros / crews. But I could be wrong. Good luck, Mr Gorsky! |
FFrench
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From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-25-2008 12:00 PM
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Originally posted by David Bryant:
But I believe the phenomenon of Glenn's fireflies was later explained after a urine dump by Wally Schirra produced the same effect. His 'Constellation Ur-ion' was picked up and used extensively by other Astros / crews. But I could be wrong.
It was a different effect, I understand. Glenn (and Carpenter) fireflies were frost clinging to the spacecraft outer hull, not urine dumps (according to Schirra, the constellation pun was his, using a photo he took of the effect). Although both involve ice particles from the spacecraft, two completely different stories getting mixed up here.
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David Bryant
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From: Norfolk UK
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posted 09-25-2008 12:48 PM
I stand corrected! This discussion shows how desperate we all are over here for some new postings on this thread (particularly in regard to new astronaut guests!) |
paulushumungus
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From: Burton, Derbyshire, England
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 09-28-2008 06:47 AM
Why has Jim Lovell's signing fee risen by around £20 since the last Autographica to what would approximate a fee in the US of $170-$180 but the ASF rate in November stays the same at $150? |
Paul23
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Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 09-28-2008 12:29 PM
You could always ask him!I guess the fact is for him to come over to the UK is a bigger upheaval, if that's the right word, than it is for him to travel somewhere else in the same country. From that point of view I guess he has to make it worth his own while. |
Steve Procter
Member Posts: 1031
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 09-28-2008 05:46 PM
Being a really sad person I've discovered a VERY tenuous Apollo 13 connection to one of the other Autographica guests.Any guesses who and why, anyone? Steve |
Rick Mulheirn
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From: England
Registered: Feb 2001
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posted 09-28-2008 06:19 PM
Jim Lovell likes bananas too........!Regards, Rick |
David Bryant
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From: Norfolk UK
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 09-29-2008 03:48 AM
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Originally posted by Steve Procter:
Any guesses who and why, anyone?
Apart from Vance Brand being one of the Apollo 13 Capcoms?Is that not tenuous enough? LOL! David |
Steve Procter
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From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
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posted 09-29-2008 04:22 AM
Nowhere near tenuous enough!! |
uk spacefan
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From: London
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted 09-29-2008 07:38 AM
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Originally posted by Steve Procter:
Any guesses who and why, anyone?
Don't tell me Jim Lovell is a West Ham supporter like Alf Garnett aka Warren Mitchell!! Pat |
Blackarrow
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From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-29-2008 01:08 PM
Would it be that Jack Swigert of Apollo 13 was the original choice as ASTP CMP, but was replaced by Vance Brand, who is appearing at Autographica 12? |
Steve Procter
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From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 09-29-2008 01:13 PM
Not tenuous enough......!A clue - it's not one of the space guests. |
nasamad
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From: Essex, UK
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posted 09-29-2008 02:52 PM
I know it, I know it!Did Jim Lovell once get smacked around the head with a frying pan during an argument with Marilyn, just like Andrew Sachs as Manuel got from John Cleese's Basil Fawlty ? ;-) Adam |
uk spacefan
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Registered: Jan 2007
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posted 09-29-2008 03:29 PM
I think I may have it...Is it that actors Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea plus Heather Downham and not forgetting the 2 apes appearing at Autographica, all starred in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and on the Apollo 13 flight, Jim Lovell's tape played the theme music to the film? Pat |
Steve Procter
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From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 09-29-2008 03:44 PM
Nice try Pat, but not the guest I was looking for.Adam - the frying pan??? I wish that WAS the correct answer! Another clue - what US TV show was on air when the Apollo 13 story broke? |
nasamad
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From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 09-29-2008 05:04 PM
Was it Star Trek? I know Gary Lockwood was in one of them?Adam |
ColinBurgess
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From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 09-29-2008 05:22 PM
Wasn't it "Batman"? |
David Bryant
Member Posts: 986
From: Norfolk UK
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 09-30-2008 02:17 AM
What's going on here? Are we trying to 'big up' one of the minor guests by establishing a nebulous link with a genuine space mission? Oh dear! LOL! |
mmmoo
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From: London, England
Registered: May 2001
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posted 09-30-2008 04:02 AM
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Originally posted by Steve Procter:
Another clue - what US TV show was on air when the Apollo 13 story broke?
Wasn't it 'I Love Lucy'?Mike Constantine
http://moonpans.com |
David Bryant
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From: Norfolk UK
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posted 09-30-2008 04:22 AM
And, of course, Keir Dullea was in an episode of 'I Love Lucy' in 1960. |
Steve Procter
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posted 09-30-2008 10:20 AM
The programme airing on ABC at the time. As per Jim Lovell's 'Lost Moon/Apollo 13' book and in the film.Steve |
randyc
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From: Chandler, AZ USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 09-30-2008 10:33 AM
Wasn't it the Dick Cavett Show? |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-30-2008 11:51 AM
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Originally posted by randyc:
Wasn't it the Dick Cavett Show?
Indeed. According to Lost Moon, Cavett was going to interview Susannah York that night... She may be unaware that she is named in Lovell's book - certainly worth asking her... |
David Bryant
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From: Norfolk UK
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posted 09-30-2008 02:08 PM
I find it was Apollo 12 that interrupted 'I Love Lucy'! And yes: the real answer is extraordinarilly tenuous! LOL! |
Steve Procter
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From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 09-30-2008 02:12 PM
Correct Francis - you are spot on with Susannah York!David - spot on with your assertion that it was a VERY tenuous link!!  Steve |
FFrench
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From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 09-30-2008 03:14 PM
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Originally posted by Steve Procter:
spot on with your assertion that it was a VERY tenuous link!!
She made it into his autobiography, which in a small way makes her part of the story... it might actually be interesting to hear her recollections of that evening.
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David Bryant
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From: Norfolk UK
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 10-03-2008 05:52 AM
Given that A12 is a much more 'low key' event than the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's Show, it's still interesting to note that no-one seems to be suggesting meet-ups over the weekend. We Astro-freaks are very much in the minority at these events in the UK, yet (unless I'm being 'included out!') there doesn't seem to be the camaraderie that seems evident over the pond. Can't we all get together for a drink and a chat Friday night (after the drinks reception!)? |
paul prendergast
Member Posts: 429
From: crawley west sussex UK
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 10-03-2008 10:00 AM
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Originally posted by David Bryant:
Can't we all get together for a drink and a chat Friday night (after the drinks reception!)?
David at every show so far we have met up there is usually about 6-8 people at the show, myself, Brammers, Derek, Ric, Dave, Ivan, John and others. I am at the show drop me a line nearer the show and will gladly meet you there. Paul |
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