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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 20696, member: 57463"]Pretty neat. The ones I want are these:</p><p><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072099a.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-072099a.html" rel="nofollow">www.collectspace.com/news/news-072099a.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.space.com/news/liberty_bell_991116.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.space.com/news/liberty_bell_991116.html" rel="nofollow">www.space.com/news/liberty_bell_991116.html</a> </p><p><br /></p><p>the Mercury Dimes that Gus Grissom took into space.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have John Glenn's autograph on a Space Card, one of a series of about 50 of which I have about 40 from when I was a kid in 1961.</p><p><br /></p><p>I worked on the Space Coast in 1998-1999 for NASA contractors. There is a lot of "space flown" stuff there. Someone puts something small up inside some place on the Shuttle and when it comes home they take it off and give it to a grandkid or someone. But one do-dad looks like another and being in orbit does nothing discernable to it. Wrenches, screwdrivers, used paper cups... what do you want... and having it, how would you know?</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, there are places where you can buy helmets, space suits, and such, pricey, but genuine items.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 20696, member: 57463"]Pretty neat. The ones I want are these: [url]www.collectspace.com/news/news-072099a.html[/url] [url]www.space.com/news/liberty_bell_991116.html[/url] the Mercury Dimes that Gus Grissom took into space. I have John Glenn's autograph on a Space Card, one of a series of about 50 of which I have about 40 from when I was a kid in 1961. I worked on the Space Coast in 1998-1999 for NASA contractors. There is a lot of "space flown" stuff there. Someone puts something small up inside some place on the Shuttle and when it comes home they take it off and give it to a grandkid or someone. But one do-dad looks like another and being in orbit does nothing discernable to it. Wrenches, screwdrivers, used paper cups... what do you want... and having it, how would you know? Now, there are places where you can buy helmets, space suits, and such, pricey, but genuine items.[/QUOTE]
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