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Author	Topic: Auction: Apollo 14 flag, NASA prototype thruster
natedsanders Member Posts: 43 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: Nov 2011	posted 03-23-2026 01:56 PM This month's Nate D. Sanders auction includes: Alan Shepard Personally Owned American Flag Flown to the Surface of the Moon Aboard Apollo 14, NASA Rocket Thruster Prototype Made for Mars Exploration Many astronaut signed photos and items. Auction ends this Thursday, March 26 at 5pm (PDT).
MarkRP Member Posts: 184 From: Michigan, USA Registered: Nov 2002	posted 03-23-2026 02:15 PM Nothing in the note says the flag was flown to the surface of the Moon. It only says "flown to the Moon" which many times means to orbit only. I think it's wrong to list it as flown to the surface when its not specifically stated in the note.
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 5560 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-23-2026 03:16 PM quote: Originally posted by natedsanders: NASA Rocket Thruster Prototype Made for Mars Exploration The combustion chamber mounted on the display was neither intended for the stated (Mars program) application indicated on the base engraved label plate nor is the affixed chamber 22 newton rated (it is ~400n). Whoever fabricated the presentation piece made an error for an undetermined reason (somewhere out in someone's attic probably lies the original combustion chamber that should have been attached to the base). The actual AIMPAC-ISP22 with its 2.1 inch nozzle diameter would have been mounted in the correct orientation on the base (not upside down).
SpaceAholic Member Posts: 5560 From: Sierra Vista, Arizona Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-28-2026 09:05 AM The auction house has chosen to relot the errantly identified thruster to eBay (item number 188216536223). NASA/TM-2009-215699 page 16 documents actual design of the AMPAC ISP 22N motor intended for the Mars application...

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