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Buzz Aldrin has put up for auction the pen that he brought on the Apollo 11 mission and used to fix a malfunctioning switch. Also up for auction is his flight jacket from the mission, and a piece of a lunar meteorite.
What kind of ballpoint pen is it ? ??????
The link here: https://earthsky.org/space/launches-...-news-updates/
Thanks for this. :thumb: How fascinating :) Sadly I don't know which ballpoint it is so I can't help with that identification. I rather like the jacket. :)
It was a Duro marker pen. Details in this post.
Having not won last night's Powerball, I won't be bidding. :noidea:
The price could be out of this world, even if the pen no longer is. :)
Bics in space?
The winning bid was $2.7 million.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/...illion-dollars
That's the jacket isn't it?Quote:
Originally Posted by BlkWhiteFilmPix
It didn't sell actually:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/26/s...e0c3e6b632bebc
Only one lot did not sell: It included the tiny broken circuit switch that nearly marooned the Apollo 11 crew on the moon and a dented aluminum pen that Mr. Aldrin used as a manual workaround to achieve liftoff. Bidding stalled at $650,000, well under the auction’s estimate of $1 million.
Awe shucks. Only 650k, and it wasn't enough....
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