I was poking around my parents’ house recently when I stumbled upon my favorite hat of my childhood:
I think I probably got this at the Air and Space Museum when I was about nine or ten. Sadly after 20 years the hat is so deteriorated that it’s not wearable, so I won’t be able to have it on while watching the final shuttle launch.
I will be wearing the pin, however (it’s Discovery, not Atlantis, but whatevs). Here’s a closeup of the pin:
I was a total space geek when I was a kid, so to rediscover these prized possessions just before the end of the shuttle program was a nice surprise.
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