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- From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
- Subject: Moon Dust For Sale
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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:53:00 GMT
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- Superior Galleries in Beverly Hills, California is having an auction
- of space memorabilia on January 11, 1993. One item of particular interest
- is a 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 more information on the
- Moon dust or the auction, you can contact Superior Galleries at
- (800) 421-0754 or (310) 203-9855.
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