Will there be Stardust things to buy?

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Will there be Stardust things to buy?

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I was wondering if there will be shirts or hats that we could purchase? If not, could we be given clip art and rights to put it on clothes ourselves?
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I found stardust particle... finders keepers :lol:
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Post by smartsam »

I'd love to have a Stardust@home mug!
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Post by Allen »

A 1000/1 scale star dust model, or is that too small still? :)
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Post by Sundevil »

I think the prize for finding a particle should be a piece of aerogel. Not the real stuff that was in space, just some sample pieces like this. They could also sell the stuff.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NASA-Aerogel-LARGER ... dZViewItem
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Post by Siegfried »

Interesting!
I want a shirt.
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I'd rather have the Aerogel...T-shirts are common.
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Post by Sharqua »

Sundevil wrote:I think the prize for finding a particle should be a piece of aerogel. Not the real stuff that was in space, just some sample pieces like this. They could also sell the stuff.
I second that vote. I agree that even a tiny piece of aerogel would make a great conversation piece for those folks who manage to find a particle.

I'd happily pay for Stardust swag, though. Hmm. T-shirt? Coffee mug? Mouse pad?

How about a little bottle of desert sand with a plastic Martian enclosed?

Ooooohhhh the possibilities! :shock:

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Post by Sun Tzu II »

I want a chunk of aerogel!!!

Just happened to spend an hour talking about it over the coffee table earlier today, lol.
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Post by jamesjt »

I want some aerogel!!! Gimme some aerogel!!!

I think a stardust desktop wallpaper would be cool.
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Post by Aga »

Yeah, it would be nice to have some aerogel. Great memento!


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Post by Nikita »

As long as the aerogel comes in a sealed plastic or glass box. But hey, Anna said in another post that it is not cheaper than gold, so perhaps we should be content with shirts that say "I searched for stardust and all I got was this T-shirt" :wink: I do wonder how much it costs???
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Post by sb126k »

I would get a T-shirt like the one Nikita described if I had a chance, that would rock
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Post by Sundevil »

Nikita wrote:I do wonder how much it costs???

http://www.unitednuclear.com/aerogel.htm

On this website it says that the big, high quality pieces are reserved for NASA/JPL. But, there are some excess fragments created that they sell for $40 for a penny sized piece.

I just think that this project would get done faster if there was a reward for finding the particles. In the overall scheme of things $1600-$4000 in prizes would be nothing compared to how much the entire mission has cost, and how much it would cost to pay people to inspect 6.4 million movies.

I think a t-shirt would be cool if you scanned 1,000 movies at a good accuracy level.
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Post by Siegfried »

I want a pin or a hat. I collect hats, but one hat in particular (and I wear it all the time at the Living Desert) is reserved for my pin collection.
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