I hope I won't draw too much shame when I say I am not. But I'm a lifelong fan of Snoopy, and making a Silver Snoopy icon seemed appropriate for this forum. My general icon is a "The World Famous Writer and his Secretary" screen-grab from "The Peanuts Movie".

(For those who don't know -- can't imagine that in this forum -- the Silver Snoopy is an award given by the NASA Astronaut office to NASA workers or contract workers (not management!) who have gone above and beyond in service to the goals and needs of the manned spaceflight mission. I've never worked for NASA.)

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Bob Portnell, Sparks, Nevada
NAR #87762, NARTREK Silver, Not an actual Silver Snoopy awardee
"Flying Like It's 1980"

And that is why Snoopy is so famous he has done literally everything.
Hail the original JOE COOL

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Neal Miller
Master Blaster NAR# 58296

I had to do a little reading to see when the award began. It seems to have started in 1968, which was before the May 1969 Apollo 10 flight and the reason for my curiosity of its origins. The Apollo 10 command module was named Charlie Brown and the lunar module was named Snoopy. I wonder if the award was on their minds when they named their ships.

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I love sanding.

I believe there was a Snoopy stuffed animal that launched and returned with them also.

Two employees at ULA received the award for their work on the Commercial Crew program (I was not one of them; they are my colleagues). So, it isn't just for NASA employees - it can go to anybody the Astronaut Office chooses to honor!

I finally threw off the blanket and got off the sofa to go find the styrene beam part number — it is snowing again! We just got back from Florida, and figured it would be warm here upon our return ...

Anyway, I thought I used Plastruct, but it is Evergreen H-beam #285, so maybe what you used is a better fit? To look for any other possible styrene parts, I have to go to Denver. Sadly, no more hobby stores up north.

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Lee Reep
NAR 55948

Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, EAC Firecat (Mini HoJo bash), Estes Maxi Honest John
In the Paint Shop: Estes 1:100 Saturn 1B (old #2048 kit)
Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Cirrus (scratch 29mm min. dia.), Bertha and Betty (inseparable sisters)

It looks like what I bought from Amazon when we were discussing this before (not sure where) was the number #286 Evergeen H-beam. That's what's on the one Nova Payloader that has a couple of lengths of H-beams glued on.

Sunny and mid-70s here today. (sorry....a little)

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Bernard Cawley
NAR 89040 L1 - Life Member
SAM 0061
AMA 42160
KG7AIE

I’ll have to look at the #286. I do recall that when I bought what I did, there were several sizes and it was somewhat of a guess which one might be the best to use.

We have a couple inches of snow accumulated, but it has slowed down. I have a guy coming to aerate the lawn next Thursday, so I was planning to water the lawn anyway. It just needs to stops snowing in a day or two!

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Lee Reep
NAR 55948

Projects: Semroc Saturn 1B, EAC Firecat (Mini HoJo bash), Estes Maxi Honest John
In the Paint Shop: Estes 1:100 Saturn 1B (old #2048 kit)
Launch-Ready: Farside-X, Cirrus (scratch 29mm min. dia.), Bertha and Betty (inseparable sisters)

My comment has been edited for more completeness. Thank you!

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Bob Portnell, Sparks, Nevada
NAR #87762, NARTREK Silver, Not an actual Silver Snoopy awardee
"Flying Like It's 1980"

I'm favoring this approach, but most people can never get a two-piece friction-fit launch rod apart again.

What's your secret? Any special prep or treatment on the pins?

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Bob Portnell, Sparks, Nevada
NAR #87762, NARTREK Silver, Not an actual Silver Snoopy awardee
"Flying Like It's 1980"