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Article #6644Re: Moon Dust For Sale
From: Mike Ross
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:02
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:02
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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. > 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 -- ******************************** mike@drseus.jsc.nasa.gov ***** * Michael L. Ross/C33 | Lockheed Engineering & Sciences Co. * * Robotics Department | 2400 Nasa Rd. 1, Houston, TX 77062 * *(713)333-7094 voice,(713)333-7201 fax**********boring, eh?****
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Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro,alt.sci.planetary Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!eos!aio!drseus.jsc.nasa.gov!mike From: mike@drseus.jsc.nasa.gov (Mike Ross) Subject: Re: Moon Dust For Sale Message-ID: <1992Dec30.230213.4226@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> Sender: news@aio.jsc.nasa.gov (USENET News System) 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 Lines: 25