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09-29-2018, 03:36 PM
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Thanks Elliott,
of course, I will report on the integration of my friend's assemblies in my Launch pad, wherewith I already started, as you may have seen at the end of his Thread, as well as my short R.I.P. Viedo  ... BTW, a remarkable little story is, that we could not agree for a long time about the existence of the Beacon on the top of the Lightning Mast, that Thomas was so proud of, until I could prove to him that it never had existed there, either on Pad 39A or on Pad 39B. But, of course, the Beacon will stay where it is and will mention his work forever ....  
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10-02-2018, 09:34 AM
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Hello everybody,
now it's time for coming back again.  After the slowly tiring Track shoe story today again a little puzzle for relaxation.  What do you think, what this could be?   At least it's not a slice of crispbread.  Well, is it dawning? 
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10-02-2018, 05:11 PM
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Rice cake?
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10-02-2018, 05:38 PM
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Unfortunately not, Becky.
But I do not want to keep you on tenterhooks for long.  And therefore here the short solving on the back.  Hard to believe, but it's actually a piece of the original Spray-on foam insulation (SOFI) from the ET-138 which was flown at the last mission of Atlantis (STS-135).  But how I came to this rarity, I would have to tell you separately in an own thread, if you are interested. This is a great story connected to another contemporary witness from the glorious shuttle era who has also written an amazing book, so to speak a "must read". 
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10-03-2018, 01:42 AM
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Wow!!! A piece of history!
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10-03-2018, 07:51 AM
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Hello everybody,
well, Marcell, you say it!  It's an interesting story, but one after another!  After my contact to the two SOFI experts Craig Capdepon and Vincent Morales was unfortunately interrupted, I got a hint from a friend of the ARC Forum that I could also contact Scott "Shuttleman" Phillips. He was an Engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center, and was working on all ETs during the shuttle program. And the man with this telling nickname has written this great book together with his wife Dianne Phillips, which tells the story of his personal thirty-year shuttle odyssey.   Source: Scott G. Phillips And this book with this striking red Remove Before Flight Ribbon, that gave him the title at the same time has cast a spell over me after reading a about it and seeing this Book Trailer of his son Christian Phillips. During his time working in the program, he was also able to join his two passions - the Space shuttle and woodworking - by building one-of-a-kind handcrafted wooden tribute shuttle models in large numbers for many Shuttle crews and also for friends, here among others when handing over to the STS-1 crew with John W. Young and Bob Crippen, which also were signed by them.   Source: Scott G. Phillips Realizing that each mission carried historic weight, Scott Phillips set forth to preserve each flight through his work as Master Carver, true to his motto: Long live the Shuttle's legacy.  And in the meantime, I have contacted him and also ordered his book, which arrived yesterday along with a few surprises.   It was next to his book with a personal dedication,  as well as the red ribbon and some stickers,  and as icing on the cake this piece of SOFI foam, which he had branched off in the production of the last External Tank ET-138, what I have asked him for, which I am especially proud of now.   More about this, i.a. also to the explanation of this ribbon as a hanger for the book, then in my thread about the "Shuttleman" Scott Phillips, who can also be found on Facebook. So much for now.
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10-03-2018, 08:12 AM
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Already dropping hints for what I want for Christmas.I printed your photo of the book several times and decided to leave them around the house.Hope im not being too obvious with the family. LOL.
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10-03-2018, 09:45 AM
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My jaw just hit the floor! Thank goodness I don't need it for typing..!
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10-03-2018, 10:38 AM
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Hi Ed and Marcell,
I'm glad that you enjoy this short introduction into the Shuttleman story. For me yesterday was already Christmas! Imagine, Scott has also built a shuttle stack of SOFI foam, which was used during spraying process of ET-138 for STS-135.  Source: Scott G. Phillips The ET spraying process is similar to the Airbrush. Before spraying the respective model, one should first spray next to it and then pull the spray gun onto the model. And those foam remnants from testing the Spray robots Scott had cleverly put aside.  Source: Scott G. Phillips
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10-03-2018, 05:29 PM
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You're right! That's a REAL trophy! Congratulations!
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