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Topic: Signing experience: Last shuttle crew (STS-135)
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sixturners
Member Posts: 140
From: E. Lansing, MI, USA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 01-20-2013 01:35 PM
   
Anyone have experience obtaining a signed item by the crew of STS-135? Will they sign a cover that is sent to them individually?I would really like to add an STS-135 crew signed cover to my collection. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 1974
From: Toms River, NJ,USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-20-2013 02:51 PM
In-person, they were great, got all four on a photo. May be harder now, requiring four sendouts. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3574
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 01-20-2013 06:45 PM
I would not recommend sending anything to them individually in order to construct a crew-signed piece. Not all of the crew members are responsive about signing through the mail (particularly Hurley), so you risk losing your piece or getting a dreaded autopen.In fact, most shuttle crews over the past decade contained at least one or two tough signers. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 740
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 01-20-2013 07:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by mjanovec:
Not all of the crew members are responsive about signing through the mail (particularly Hurley), so you risk losing your piece or getting a dreaded autopen.
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eurospace
Member Posts: 2252
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 01-21-2013 12:30 AM
You are far too late, my friend. This worked right before the launch, and shortly thereafter, but now that the crew is disbanded you'll have a hard time assembling a crew signed cover. Ferguson, Walheim and Magnus are fair signers (even though we'll have yet to find about Magnus in her new position), but Hurley won't sign. He did sign with the crew while the crew was still together, but never out of this context. There are, however, crew signed covers on the market. Talk to me off-line if you want to hear more. — Jürgen |
Space Geek FL
Member Posts: 11
From: Inverness, FL, USA
Registered: Oct 2011
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posted 01-21-2013 01:06 PM
I would like to offer a different opinion, I sent a photo to JSC taken of the crew and myself at KSC and was able to get it signed by both Doug Hurley and Rex Walheim in December. I hope to someday get Sandy Magnus and Chris Ferguson to complete the photo. I don't think I would send anything you are afraid to loose but I would take the chance. |
MrSpace86
Member Posts: 1355
From: Gardner, KS, USA
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 01-21-2013 01:40 PM
I was fortunate enough to receive crew signed items from STS-135 before and shortly after launch. However, with my requests, I always asked if it were possible to have each individual astronaut portrait signed but never received them. They signed a photo I sent and then eventually an official NASA crew photo. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 1974
From: Toms River, NJ,USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-27-2013 06:31 PM
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Originally posted by eurospace:
Ferguson, Walheim and Magnus are fair signers (even though we'll have yet to find about Magnus in her new position)...
Magnus signed at an AIAA event in Washington, DC earlier this month. |
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