Semi OT: Space Memorabilia
So, I work for a NASA/SpaceEx style company and have an opportunity to fly a small piece of memorabilia to the ISS and possibly turn it into a bottle opener. I wanted to see if anyone more creative than I had some thoughts on cool pieces I could possibly send up (coin, patch, etc.) and maybe some cool Michigan designs that I could put on a 1x6 surface.
My internal thought was a coin that could be put into resin and then put into a handle. Designs could be Michigan football banner on one side and an Apollo 15 theme on the opposite.
Any great ideas out there?
"Space---That's Real Shit" and Juwan on the obverse side; "Space Bitches Space" on the inverse side, superimposed over the engraved portrait of the three Apollo 15 MGoNauts.
You’re trying too hard. Less is more.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:13 PM ^
This will probably sound really weird, but if it were me, what ever I chose to send up there I would stick a piece of my hair to it so that I could claim that part of me had been in space.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:21 PM ^
How do you know OP isn't bald. Kinda insensitive don't you think? ?
March 24th, 2021 at 10:45 PM ^
Doesn’t have to be from my head.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:56 PM ^
Moonscaped
Congratulations. You win the interwebs today.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:42 PM ^
Send up some pot seeds and we’ll grow space weed
March 24th, 2021 at 10:44 PM ^
For some reason I don’t think that will be an approved item, maybe in a few years.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:59 PM ^
Bill and ted’s excellent outer space adventure.
March 24th, 2021 at 10:57 PM ^
Well there was a Star Trek episode called Space Seed, so without too much effort...
March 25th, 2021 at 12:50 AM ^
These guys sell a bottle opener made from the original bleacher seats at Michigan Stadium - https://tokens-icons.com/products/university-of-michigan-stadium-seat-b…
Not cheap, but hey you’re sending it to space.
Moon landing is a hoax. It was staged. How everyone doesn't realize this blows my mind.
You really are a loon. Any other conspiracy theories you believe in?
“Phil Martelli is the real coach” - RCMB
Old Glory flapping in the vacuume of space.....
foil hat, check
I read this with a big fat /S.
Am I wrong?
March 26th, 2021 at 12:20 AM ^
Obviously fake.
We all know that the Moon dinosaurs would eat any such objects, not leave them laying about on the surface.
Shut up Meg
I made the back-up data port cover from a satellite I built at Michigan in the 90's into a key chain that I still carry around with me.
As for design, while the Michigan thing is nice, with this type of limited opportunity, do something that has great personal meaning to you. I'm guessing that you don't have any kids, but with a 1x6 dimension, maybe do a photo collage on one of those metal photo sheets and snip out your design-- something like a photo of your dad and mom with you in UM gear, or a particularly good college photo.
Careful with resins... even if it stays in the pressurized portion of the ISS / transport vehicle, you're still going to have material concerns.
If you’re great at math write out a really complex math problem that you know the answer to. Then for the rest of your life you can tell people that back in 2021 the space station had a problem on board but all was not lost as you were able to solved it for them!
Houston, we have a problem!
March 25th, 2021 at 11:27 AM ^
methamphetamine
#speedinspace
March 25th, 2021 at 11:58 AM ^
some version of the "Space Bitches Space" t-shirt design is the only correct answer
