🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Dec30.175447.5258@news.arc.nasa.gov> baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) writes:
>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.

The ironic (and sad) thing is that by bidding, one is gambling that we will
never return to the moon and that the value will increase due to the scarcity
of the product.


Mike Marolda  (mmarolda@neosoft.com)


--