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Piece of historic spacecraft up for grabs

Posted on Sunday, 8 November, 2009 | 1 comment

A piece of Apollo 11 is expected to fetch a high price at auction, the scrap of Kapton Foil would have helped protect the command module as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere on the return journey from the moon.

A piece of the first spacecraft to land on the moon is expected to fetch up to Ł1,200 at auction. The scrap of Kapton Foil from the Apollo 11 will come with a signed endorsement from crew member Buzz Aldrin.

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#1 Posted by MID on 7 November, 2009, 23:43
Sounds like a complete crock, Still... 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. Reading carefully, it's a piece of the outer insulation on the CM, not the craft that lande...

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