Found NASA Report/Manual
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I found an old report from mid-shuttle program era NASA, among other artifacts. I was on Facebook Marketplace looking for a desk and stumbled upon a picker selling some NASA memorabilia found in New Smyrna Beach, FL. Image from the original Facebook Marketplace Listing. It was all in rough condition, having been left outside. I set about a journey to preserve the documents to the best of my ability and uncover as much of the history behind them as I could. Image from the car ride home, after extracting it from the original wet bag. First goal was to neutralize the mold on the manual. I carefully wiped any loose spores off and treated it with an isopropyl alcohol mist, let it dry completely, then a vinegar/water bath and left it in the sun to dry for multiple hours, turning the pages every half hour. The result was a bone dry manual! After scanning it in at my local library, it now lives in a sealed comic sleeve inside a plastic box. The only unsalvageable artifact was what we believe to be a replica war bond from either WWII or the Civil War. It was nearly unidentifiable from the amount of mold on it and it was disposed of immediately. It also wasn't in the original listing so I wasn't as precious with it. Here are some flyby highlights: Image of two laminated cards containing pieces of Payload Bay Liner from STS-125 Atlantis. Image of what is presumed to be an internal Lockheed Martin memo dated April 3, 1991. Image of a sealed pin containing flown metal titled \"Commemorating Our Space Shuttle Program.\" More images to come! Image of the CDCB in its current state. Red sting to be added soon. Now it all lives on the Charlie Day Conspiracy Board (CDCB) until I can unravel the mystery of who it belonged to and what their job was. Link to WIP spreadsheet of all the items: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uytePvRE2OvaKW4GADlso3lBYz_Tielg5eE68bihueg/edit?usp=sharing Scanned in manual/report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FKlggsnANhoX4YUuNm4hu_N3SUNKZeSg/view?usp=sharing It is not my intention to sell any of these artifacts. I doubt it will be worth more monetarily than it does to myself as a newly minted Bridge Bucket Improvement Team Fan anyhows. If anyone has any information about these artifacts, would like to lend their knowledge of the shuttle program, or is just plain interested, feel free to reach out!🧑‍🚀🚀⋆｡°✩ submitted by /u/Few_Charge3589 |
