It's an interesting tidbit, but doesn't answer the primary question I had: For all the pomp and ceremony government agencies usually go for, why Snoopy of all possible medal shapes?
Snoopy was popular among the astronauts, and Schultz liked NASA. All the Apollo 10 modules had Snoopy related call signs, chosen by the astronauts.
“ The command module was given the call sign "Charlie Brown" and the lunar module the call sign "Snoopy". These were taken from the characters in the comic strip, Peanuts, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy.These names were chosen by the astronauts with the approval of Charles Schulz, the strip's creator,who was uncertain it was a good idea, since Charlie Brown was always a failure. The choice of names was deemed undignified by some at NASA…”
Related, Omega has a mechanical snoopy watch[1] which is coveted and rare with earth that circles the moon on the back of the case with snoopy that animates.
It's just anecdotal but when I asked why our Xerox workstations at JSC had dancing Snoopy line art, I was told Charles Schulz himself was a big fan of the space program and he'd drawn art for the program and extended its use to them in perpetuity.
I have been on a team that won a silver Snoopy but was a subcontractor and didn't get one myself; just the Boeing employees I worked with did. Every once in a while I Google them on the off chance I could get one as a piece of memoribilia, but they are thousands of dollars.
> The award is a sterling silver Snoopy lapel pin that has flown in space
I find it interesting that "has flown in space" is presented here almost like a property of the material and not as history of the individual pins.
Are the pins passed on from past recipients to new ones, so the time in space was during the previous wearer's mission? Or are there ISS missions that just carry a box of not yet awarded pins with them but will not do anything with the box, just so it gains its flown-in-space-ness?
My stepfather (passed) earned a Silver Snoopy, one of his proudest moments. My stepbrother has the certificate, but not the lapel pin. The possibility of getting a replacement is awesome, so thanks for posting this!
8 comments
[ 1.5 ms ] story [ 24.7 ms ] thread“ The command module was given the call sign "Charlie Brown" and the lunar module the call sign "Snoopy". These were taken from the characters in the comic strip, Peanuts, Charlie Brown, and Snoopy.These names were chosen by the astronauts with the approval of Charles Schulz, the strip's creator,who was uncertain it was a good idea, since Charlie Brown was always a failure. The choice of names was deemed undignified by some at NASA…”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10#:~:text=The%20comman...
[1] https://www.chrono24.com/omega/omega-speedmaster-silver-snoo...
I have been on a team that won a silver Snoopy but was a subcontractor and didn't get one myself; just the Boeing employees I worked with did. Every once in a while I Google them on the off chance I could get one as a piece of memoribilia, but they are thousands of dollars.
I find it interesting that "has flown in space" is presented here almost like a property of the material and not as history of the individual pins.
Are the pins passed on from past recipients to new ones, so the time in space was during the previous wearer's mission? Or are there ISS missions that just carry a box of not yet awarded pins with them but will not do anything with the box, just so it gains its flown-in-space-ness?