| Title: | Space Exploration |
| Notice: | Shuttle launch schedules, see Note 6 |
| Moderator: | PRAGMA::GRIFFIN |
| Created: | Mon Feb 17 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 974 |
| Total number of notes: | 18843 |
While I was looking for a map in a box of such stuff in my study
this evening, I spotted another object that I knew was in the box
but hadn't thought much about for a while.
When I spotted it, a really morbid thought crossed my mind.
A couple of years ago the post office orbitted 250,000 envelopes
with $9.35 express mail stamps in the cargo hold of the shuttle,
then sold them through the philatelic sales division at 15 bucks
a shot.
I opened up my copy and checked the postmarks. Sure enough, it was
Challenger that they flew in.
I wonder what's happened to the value of those stamps since the
first of the year?
-Brian
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| 164.1 | Another sad coincidence | 33972::VICKERS | Don | Mon Mar 31 1986 01:54 | 9 |
Several months ago we took some visiting friends over to KSC for
a tour, which is BY FAR the best tourist value in Florida. We bought
a few souvenirs while there including a set of refrigerator magnets
which consist of four shuttles in various configurations. The Columbia
is in landing configuration with its gear down, the Discovery on
the transfer 747, an unnamed shuttle has the bay doors open, and
the Challenger (you guessed it) is in the launch configuration.
Don
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