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- From: mike@drseus.jsc.nasa.gov (Mike Ross)
- Subject: Re: Moon Dust For Sale
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.230213.4226@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- Organization: Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Company
- References: <30DEC199217541542@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> <C03Bu0.Dv1@zoo.toronto.edu>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:02:13 GMT
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- In article <C03Bu0.Dv1@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- >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
- ...
- >>to be genuine by Superior Galleries and is expected to be sold
- >>in the price range of $75,000 to $100,000...
- >
-
- >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.
- >
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- If NASA 'officially' knows this and allows the sale, does it waive future
- rights to go after Moondust Marauders? I'd love to know how much the
- original technician got out of the whole deal.
-
- - mike
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