Wasn't Florida glad that Space Shuttle Discovery was used on their quarter instead of SS Columbia?

Sure, the Florida quarter came out in 2004 and it might have been in
the late part of the year, but you can be sure the die for it was cast
sometime in 2003, before the tragic disintegration of Columbia over
Texas...and Arizona...and California......

If the die had of had Columbia on it instead of Discovery, do my
friends in these groups think the quarter would have been recalled?
Just curious.

SincereQuestioner

On 11 Oct 2005 15:05:34 -0700, wrote:

Sure, the Florida quarter came out in 2004 and it might have been in
the late part of the year, but you can be sure the die for it was cast
sometime in 2003, before the tragic disintegration of Columbia over
Texas...and Arizona...and California......

Er, Columbia disintegrated on February 1, 2003....

Brian

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Sure, the Florida quarter came out in 2004 and it might have been in
the late part of the year, but you can be sure the die for it was cast
sometime in 2003, before the tragic disintegration of Columbia over
Texas...and Arizona...and California......

If the die had of had Columbia on it instead of Discovery, do my
friends in these groups think the quarter would have been recalled?
Just curious.

The Florida quarter has a reverse that contains an image of a space
shuttle, a 16th-century Spanish galleon, a strip of land with palm trees
and the inscription "Gateway to Discovery." The inscription does not
infer that the shuttle is Discovery.

--

JMark

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety -- Benjamin Franklin

wrote:
Sure, the Florida quarter came out in 2004 and it might have been in
the late part of the year, but you can be sure the die for it was cast
sometime in 2003, before the tragic disintegration of Columbia over
Texas...and Arizona...and California......

If the die had of had Columbia on it instead of Discovery, do my
friends in these groups think the quarter would have been recalled?

I don't see anything on the Florida quarter that identifies
which orbiter is pictured. True, the caption is "Gateway to
Discovery", but I interpret that as the common noun, not the
proper noun. Florida is not the gateway to any particular
orbiter.

Anyway, did they recall the NH quarter when the Man in the
Mountain fell down? How about the Connecticut quarter when
the Charter Oak fell? Or the Illinois quarter when Lincoln
was assasinated?

--Rich

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Should've been a Saturn V.

Tim K. wrote:
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Should've been a Saturn V.

Hate to say it, but the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs were
transient and short-lived. The shuttle has had a much longer presence
in Florida and will be America's first long-term commitment to a
specific spacecraft and represents the present space exploration effort
(as of when that coin was put out anyway).

-A.L.

wrote:
wrote:
Sure, the Florida quarter came out in 2004 and it might have been in
the late part of the year, but you can be sure the die for it was cast
sometime in 2003, before the tragic disintegration of Columbia over
Texas...and Arizona...and California......

If the die had of had Columbia on it instead of Discovery, do my
friends in these groups think the quarter would have been recalled?

I don't see anything on the Florida quarter that identifies
which orbiter is pictured. True, the caption is "Gateway to
Discovery", but I interpret that as the common noun, not the
proper noun. Florida is not the gateway to any particular
orbiter.

Anyway, did they recall the NH quarter when the Man in the
Mountain fell down? How about the Connecticut quarter when
the Charter Oak fell? Or the Illinois quarter when Lincoln
was assasinated?

--Rich

Or any of the other "Urban Legends" related to the SQs:

DE - Paul revere spelled "Caesar Rodney."
NJ - The only legal two headed quarter (GW on obv and rev).
GA - The peach looks like a derriere when viewed upside down.
MA - Anti-gun lobby against Minuteman with flintlock.
VA - Shouldn't have Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria on US coins.
NC - Should read "First IN Flight."
TN - 5-string guitar and left handed trumpet.
OH - John Glenn is astronaut and living people not allowed on coins.

You can easily make up a few for the others.

Jerry

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Tim K. wrote:
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Should've been a Saturn V.

Hate to say it, but the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs were
transient and short-lived. The shuttle has had a much longer presence
in Florida and will be America's first long-term commitment to a
specific spacecraft and represents the present space exploration effort
(as of when that coin was put out anyway).

True, but Apollo went somewhere.

Tim K. wrote:
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Tim K. wrote:
wrote in message

Should've been a Saturn V.

Hate to say it, but the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs were
transient and short-lived. The shuttle has had a much longer presence
in Florida and will be America's first long-term commitment to a
specific spacecraft and represents the present space exploration effort
(as of when that coin was put out anyway).

True, but Apollo went somewhere.

And Apollo was far more historically significant in the
broader scope of things. Shuttle will soon be gone,
relegated to a paragraph in history texts at most.
Florida's quarter should have celebrated Apollo/Saturn.
But since so many Floridians didn't come from Florida,
making the state disconnected from its true place in
history, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that it
came up with the wrong design.

- Ed Kyle

Except Apollo 1, wasn't it Tim? That's the one where Virgil Grissom
and the other astronauts on that flight were sacrificed to the Gods as
were the crew members of SS Columbia and SS Challenger. All in the
name of 'progress'.

But sometimes you have to take 2 steps back to take 1 step forward.

SincereQuestioner

Apollo 1 astronauts, Lt. Col. Virgil Grissom,
Lt. Col. Edward White II and Naval Lt. Cmdr. Roger Chaffee.


Tim K. and Andrew Lotosky invoked the sad memories of the Apollo Space
Program when they wrote:
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Tim K. wrote:
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Should've been a Saturn V.


Hate to say it, but the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs were
transient and short-lived. The shuttle has had a much longer presence
in Florida and will be America's first long-term commitment to a
specific spacecraft and represents the present space exploration effort
(as of when that coin was put out anyway).



True, but Apollo went somewhere.