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Large 'gotcha' cue card flown on Space Shuttle Columbia during STS-3, 11 x 6.25, with ornately designed black text on the front, reading: "Pick Nits." A swatch of cue card-type Velcro is affixed to the reverse, signed and flight-certified below in blue ballpoint, "This 'Pick Nits' placard was flown and fastened to the mid-deck wall of Space Shuttle Columbia on STS-3. It is part of my personal collection and has been in my possession since we made the first and only landing of a Space Shuttle to date on the lake bed at White Sands, New Mexico. Jack Lousma, Commander, STS-3."
A typed description of the meaning of "Pick Nits" is also affixed to the reverse, saying that Lousma and Gordon Fullerton began training while the spacecraft was brand new and members of the training teams were still learning its complex systems. Since many of the astronauts' questions required additional research and could not be answered 'on the spot,' Lousma and Fullerton became nicknamed the 'Nit Pickers.' In fine condition, with two light vertical creases. A humorous and unique flown item, nicely described at length by the commander of the third Space Shuttle mission.
The Richard Jurek Collection.
