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- From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
- Subject: Re: Moon Dust For Sale
- Message-ID: <C03Bu0.Dv1@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 21:03:35 GMT
- References: <30DEC199217541542@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
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- In article <30DEC199217541542@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
- >...2 inch piece of transparent tape which has some Moon dust on it. This is
- >the first time that Moon dust is being offered for sale. The Moon dust
- >was collected by a NASA technician from the spacesuit of astronaut Dave Scott
- >after his Apollo 15 trip to the Moon in July, 1971. It is guarantteed
- >to be genuine by Superior Galleries and is expected to be sold
- >in the price range of $75,000 to $100,000...
-
- For anyone with $100k to spare who's feeling interested :-), note that
- unless things have changed recently, the ownership of this Moon dust is
- best described as "disputed". NASA's position is that all, repeat all,
- lunar material returned by Apollo is US government property, and any
- offered for private sale is stolen goods.
- --
- "God willing... we shall return." | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
- -Gene Cernan, the Moon, Dec 1972 | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
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