Der Astronaut Dale A. Gardner hält scherzhaft ein „Zu verkaufen“-Schild hoch und gibt vor, zwei ausgefallene Satelliten, Palapa B-2 und Westar 6, anzubieten, die während der STS-51A-Mission der Raumfähre Discovery im Jahr 1984 im Weltraum geborgen wurden. Der Astronaut Joseph P. Allen IV spiegelt sich in Gardners Helmvisier.
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Rule 8, you should repost
is it still available
does it include delivery
That was the year Ghostbusters came out
Ah yes, my PFP on every single workplace Teams account I’ve ever had. Love this photo, love the shuttle, love Mr. Gardner. Powerful man, powerful moustache.
Both eventually were relaunched and deployed. https://www.nasa.gov/history/40-years-ago-sts-51a-the-ace-repo-company/
r/hardimages will love this!
old satellite trading might be a nice business, specially between colectionists, we just need a way to make cheaper travels to nemo point
That doesn’t apply to trump hell just take it
For sale: Two satellites, never used.
This was my desktop background for years but I never knew the full story behind it, thanks!
Oh wow…I remember PrintShop…
Irony is now that this picture is symbolizes decades later commercial space flight services.
A sign of things to come…
If he would have given the satellite a solid shove toward earth, would it eventually fall into the earth’s atmosphere?
Hard to believe this was over 40 years ago.
This looks so scary to do, what the heck
How many miles on the clock?