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PRESIDENT OBAMA ON "WESH 2 NEWS
AT 5" AND ON "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS."
ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF SPACE
RELATED TREASURES HAS JUST GONE
ON PUBLIC DISPLAY.
WESH 2'S DAN BILLOW REPORTS, IT
CONTAINS A SMALL PIECE OF A MOON
SHIP, ONE OF A KIND PHOTOS AND
AUTOGRAPHS AND A FLAG THAT WENT
TO THE MOON.
A MEDALLION MINTED FROM PART
OF THE APOLLO 11 COMMAND MODULE
THAT WENT TO THE MOON MOUNTED
NEXT TO A SIGNED PHOTO OF BUZZ
ALDREN HIGHLIGHTS THE
NEW COLLECTION IN SPACE WALK OF
FAME MUSEUM.
THE COLLECTION IS WORTH 50 TO
$100,000 AND INCLUDES A RARE
MODEL OF THE APOLLO SPACECRAFT.
TO ALL OF US THAT WERE PART
OF THE APOLLO PROGRAM THIS IS
THE EPITOME THAT REPRESENTS WHAT
WE DID.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST ANY MODEL.
THIS ONE IS SIGNED BY APOLLO
ASTRONAUTS.
AND KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY
HAVE SATURN FIVE ROCKET MODELS,
THIS ONE IS SIGNED BY ASTRONAUTS
FROM APOLLO 13 THROUGH 15.
THE COLLECTOR JOE WILLIAMS HAS
WORKED AT THE KENNEDY SPACE
CENTER FOR DECADES, MET THE
ASTRONAUTS AND AVIDLY ASSEMBLED
THIS WORLD CLASS COLLECTION.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A FLAG FLOWN TO
THE MOON AND BACK.
THE DEMAND FOR FLOWN ITEMS IS
STILL JUST AS HIGH AS IT EVER
WAS.
ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE'RE NOT
FLYING ANYMORE.
WILLIAMS MADE A MONTAGE OF
THE FEMALE PIONEERS LIKE SALLY
WRIGHT AND EILEEN COLLINS.
THE SPACE WALK OF FAME MUSEUM
DEVOTED A WHOLE ROOM TO THIS ONE
COLLECTION SO EVERYONE CAN ENJOY
WHAT HAS BEEN UNTIL NOW A HIDDEN
TREASURE.
MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE
DISCOVERING THE MUSEUM WHERE YOU
CAN FIND THINGS LIKE THIS OLD
LAUNCH CONTROL ROOM RESCUED FROM
THE SCRAP HEAP.
IT'S BECOMING AN ATTRACTION
ITSELF.
ADMISSION?
$5.