11 Mar
2013
11 Mar
'13
10:24 p.m.
Nonetheless, the selling price kind of surprised me
for what is a fairly
undistinguished module (and I'm well aware of what core rope is, however not
many people are). Hypothetically speaking, were a keypad/display module for
the AGC ever to show up on ebay, it would be another matter - that I would
expect to go for big bucks.
It's just interesting - is all Apollo stuff going this way these days, or is
it just AGC stuff triggering multiple nostalgia receptors (computers AND
Apollo) for a certain set of people (not trying to be derisive, I could be
in that set).
The space junk collectors tend to be pretty smart, and most of them
realize that spacecraft parts tend to be more common than most people
think (while not made in large quantities, it tends to survive at a
very high proportion compared to normal junk due to its "coolness"),
and that unless there is some ironclad documentation showing that it
was flown, pieces are just going to be part of the big pile that
stayed on the ground (it is a case of "one out of many", going through
all the screening and testing procedures).
Without any supporting documentation, this module's ending price seems
about right.
--
Will