Columbia Patch

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[tophat9000]

From the web site Rich Dann's Aviation World.......(www.ghg.net/ltdann).... Designer of the STS 107 patch

During the Spring of 2001, I participated in the design of the patch for Shuttle Mission STS-107, currently slated for launch on January 16, 2003.

The patch is in the shape of a space shuttle, surprisingly, never used as the shape of a patch for any other shuttle mission to orbit. The objective of STS-107 is microgravity research.

On the right side of the patch is the earth with a sun rising. To the left is the constellation Columba, which has 7 stars. The stylized Greek letters M and G are seen at the bottom of the patch, and they flow upwards in to a representation of the astronaut pin.

[tophat9000]

I got this link to the web site from a friend and found it interesting

Note of the seven stars the second one in from the left is a Star of David

[Voice in your head]

[BlueMondaySkipper]

Where did that screen shot come from???

I had no idea that the shuttle could travel that fast...

[amom]

That is very cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

That came from CNN, not sure if it was on Saturday or Sunday.

[OrioleFan]

No wonder it got so hot, moving at 18 times the speed of light. What is that in terms of Warp???

[VeniVidiVici]

Warp 18, right? I think CNN has watched too many Star Trek movies.

[Bob]

No wonder it got so hot, moving at 18 times the speed of light. What is that in terms of Warp???

Well, that's Warp 18, of course. That puts a lot of stress on the Dilithium crystals.

[Bob]

The stylized Greek letters M and G are seen at the bottom of the patch,...

Maybe I'm missing something real obvious here but what is the significance of the letters M and G?

[Rummyfan]

Must have caused some problems with the matter - antimatter reaction....

[Poohbah]

Depends on if you're Old Trek or New Trek. Old Trek, it's about Warp 2.6 or so.

[Poohbah]

Maybe I'm missing something real obvious here but what is the significance of the letters M and G?

The objective of STS-107 is microgravity research.

[mwyounce]

That's Mu... used as the symbol for "micro"... there were microgravity experiments done on this mission... thus "µg"

[BlessedAmerican]

I was wondering that myself! Hope someone posts the answer....

[MtnScout]

That got me too....I'm guessing to highlight the

Micro Gravity research activities.

[pbear8]

I kept wondering what the 'm' and 'g' stood for. Thank you for posting this.

[SarahW]

micro gravity

[Voice in your head]

Misinformation. CNN. Where else?

[chnsmok]

http://ganymede.ships.acalltoduty.com/warpspeedchart.html

Warp Speed Chart

[Grig]

Not having any access to Fox News, I had to endure CNN's coverage. So many remarks by the talking head were based more on 'star trek' science than actuall science it was almost as painfull by itself as the event being covered.

Sad thing was most people wouldn't even realize how stupid half what the guy was saying really was.