Still Waters Posted November 7, 2009 #1 Share Posted November 7, 2009 A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to £1,200 at auction.The scrap of Kapton Foil from the Apollo 11 will come with a signed endorsement from crew member Buzz Aldrin. The gold-like tape was attached to the module from the Apollo 11 mission which put the first men on the moon in 1969. Coated with aluminium and oxidised silicon monoxide, it protected the command module during its re-entry into the earth's atmosphere on July 24 1969. Although most of it burnt off, members of the spaceshuttle recovery team collected bits as souvenirs. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MID Posted November 7, 2009 #2 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Sounds like a complete crock, Still... A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to £1,200 at auction. There are no pieces of Eagle available anywhere, save what's still sitting up there on the Moon...I simply love these misleading, uneducated statements. The scrap of Kapton Foil from the Apollo 11 will come with a signed endorsement from crew member Buzz Aldrin.The gold-like tape was attached to the module from the Apollo 11 mission which put the first men on the moon in 1969. Coated with aluminium and oxidised silicon monoxide, it protected the command module during its re-entry into the earth's atmosphere on July 24 1969. Reading carefully, it's a piece of the outer insulation on the CM, not the craft that landed men on the Moon (after she was stowed in the SLA at KSC, and subsequently launched, no one save the crew ever actually set eyes on her her again...). Although most of it burnt off, members of the spaceshuttle recovery team collected bits as souvenirs. Woops. There was no, and is no "spaceshuttle recovery team". The letter, signed in black ink by Aldrin, states: "A small portion of it survived and was salvaged by the North American Recovery team on board the aircraft carrier Hornet, and carefully preserved for posterity." Ah, there we go... This is simply a piece of the outer layering of the Apollo 11 CM, plenty of which was still attached to the CM, after recovery. Someone is finally figuring out a way to market the stuff.... Doesn't sound like something Mr. Armstrong would have any resonance for... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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