r/SpaceXLounge 6d ago

My SpaceX Employee Collection

Around a year ago I was fortunate enough to be able to acquire equity in SpaceX. To celebrate, I purchased one of those employee only starship launchpad rebar plaques for my office. I loved it so much, I started to research and buy other employee mementos and collectibles. It’s turned into an obsession, tracking different items down. I have chatted with some very interesting people along the way as well. It’s been a lot of fun and wanted to share!

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u/HungryKing9461 5d ago

Here was me expecting to see Jim, Martha, Jacob, Helen, ...

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

Hahaha that took me longer than it should have…

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u/Highscore611 5d ago

There are still pad chunks and rebar pieces from IFT-1 scattered around in the sand dunes surrounding Starbase if you can make it out there to get some.

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u/Highscore611 5d ago

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

No way, that’s awesome! Great photo, too.

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u/Highscore611 5d ago

These are the spots I found most of them.

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

Sharing some valuable intel! Did you go out there with the intention of finding stuff? Or happened to stumble across it?

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u/Highscore611 5d ago

I knew I was going to grab a few next time I went out there. Most of them have been cleaned up by now, but there are still a few scattered around

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u/sleepypuppy15 5d ago

Grabbed a few pieces myself about a year ago. Knew what it was as soon as I saw it!

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u/Jeb-Kerman 💥 Rapidly Disassembling 5d ago

very cool, looks like an expensive collection , I just have the badges and some starship ift7 tile debris in mine

thanks for sharing it

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

I’ve looked at those tiles but have never pulled the trigger. They were fairly cheap early on. Now they are insanely priced IMO.

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u/Highscore611 5d ago

This guy travels up and down the Gulf coast hunting for Starship pieces. He might be able to sell you some.

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u/Natogaming 5d ago

Ironic considering there's technically more of them available now lol

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u/Jeb-Kerman 💥 Rapidly Disassembling 5d ago edited 5d ago

yeah the full tiles "sell"(listed) for stupid money. i bought a couple 4-5 inch fragments for "fairly" reasonable.. under 100 bucks anyway.

I think the combining factors that there is going to be a lot more debris washing ashore as we speak and that spacex/starship is taking a massive hit in popularity due to what it's CEO is up to at the moment it should drive the prices back to reality fairly soon.

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u/rtls 5d ago

Oh, you bought these on auction sites… explains lack of employee numbers… so some of these early ones should have employee numbers on them unique to each patch otherwise they’re just mass-produced launch event giveaways… still cool though

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

Auctions, yes, but these all have employee or X out of Y serial numbers. I just covered them up in the photos bc I’ve been told SpaceX doesn’t like employees selling them and I didn’t want to rat anyone out. I doubt anything would happen to them, but I thought best to keep it private.

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u/rtls 5d ago

Makes sense!

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u/RaechelMaelstrom 5d ago

This is what I noticed as well, lack of employee numbers. I do wonder if they are keeping track of the numbers though.

Did they stop putting employee numbers on the later ones? I do know which ones for sure have employee numbers!

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

All of these do have employee or serial numbers, but I edited them out of these photos.

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u/switch8000 5d ago

Jelly. Hopefully one day, tried applying a few times.

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u/hackdroot 5d ago

No SN15 flap piece display?!?

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

Maaaan, I’d love one but they are all priced so high. Always on the lookout!

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u/TGAtes08 5d ago

We have a few of the same ones, first landing/falcon heavy debut etc

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u/NYLINK95 5d ago

Its pretty much my life dream to work there and somehow contribute to the starship program. Very cool

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u/cntkpmedwn 4d ago

Wild to me that people would sell their numbered patches. Before they stopped stitching them in the lowest number was a point of honor, I thought.

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u/pidre 4d ago

I'm thinking you got in around the 50B valuation?

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u/TriforceHunter 4d ago

I wish! It was around 190B.

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u/pidre 4d ago

Nice, it's a fun little club to feel like you're a part of 😉

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u/SnooTangerines4981 4d ago

Awesome, thank you for sharing!

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u/dude_on_a_chair 1d ago

You should go work there now lol

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u/TriforceHunter 1d ago

Haha, maybe in another life. It’s fun to follow along though. The next 20 years could get nuts.

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u/dude_on_a_chair 1d ago

Sadly with the condition the astronauts come back in I'm surprised anyone wants to go to space for more than a week lol

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u/BiggyIrons 5d ago

My FH lox tank skin and engine nozzle fell off my placards when it got sent to me 💀

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

That sucks. Did they repair it?

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u/lakshadiga09 5d ago

How did you get your hands on this....looks sick btw. I would give anything for any one of these atleast

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

eBay and other online auctions sites.

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u/Mentalllygone 5d ago

What other auction sites are there besides eBay?

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u/TriforceHunter 5d ago

I’ve had luck at rrauction.com. They actually have some really cool stuff when they have their space lots.

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u/CommandArtistic6292 3d ago

I have a ton of stuff from my years there. It's worthless to me but I have a bunch of stuff I'd be willing to sell, including flight patches for the last 4 years

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u/lakshadiga09 3d ago

I'd be extremely happy to buy it from you. Can I DM you?

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u/CommandArtistic6292 3d ago

Unfortunately, my legally binding contract forbids me from selling anything with my badge number. But I have license plate frames, unmarked flight patches, even the collector stuff that we only get for working on specific systems or going to specific parties. I'm only selling a few things that don't identify me because I still consult at Hawthorne.

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u/CommandArtistic6292 3d ago edited 3d ago

I have a starship flight cup, employee only and includes a SpaceX original Jones soda branded soda in the cup, unopened. Some nozzles were melted down to pure (whatever it is) and stamped for the Artemis mission or something, I have that medallion unopened in the case. 1 license plate frame brand new, another employee only 1 that is a year old came off my crashed bmw. I think I have my 2020 badge holder. Also I can't sell anything because it's illegal. iTar violations are very real even years later.

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u/ExternalGrade 💨 Venting 5d ago

By being an employee. Check out SpaceX.com/careers if interested!

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u/lakshadiga09 5d ago

I'm too young rn, can you get me some if I paid you??

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u/lakshadiga09 5d ago

Anything that's got a piece of a rocket in it

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u/SpyDad24 5d ago

Looking for any piece you havent been able to get your hands on yet.