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Thermal insulation from Apollo 11 mission - $250 (Springfield)
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Backstory: My uncle worked at Cape Canaveral in the ’90s doing contract logistics stuff for NASA. He helped clean up storage hangars and loading bays after shuttle missions. They were discarding old insulation panels used during shuttle transport and thermal testing and he snagged a piece before it hit the trash.
This stuff is the lightweight thermal foam they used to insulate shuttle parts from extreme heat/cold during launches and re-entry. It’s weirdly squishy, slightly crumbly, and somehow still looks futuristic and it still smells of the ammonia they coated it in. Amazing for a conversation piece, prop, or just to say you own a piece of the US space history.
Price: $250 OBO