🚀 go-pugleaf

>>	I think this is a GREAT idea and that NASA should market MORE space items
>>to help finance its budget.  Whats the approx cost per pound of moon rocks
>>anyhow?

>Go figure.. A two-inch piece of tape with moondust is expected to sell for
>~$100K, so a pound might go for $2 million or so (at that rate). 

This is exactly the mistake Spain made when it started pillaging the
New World.  They saw how much gold there was, multiplied by the
current price of gold, and started hauling it back to Europe.  This
was before ``supply and demand'' was well understood.  The price of
gold was ruined, and Spain along with it.  NASA should follow the
example of the world-wide diamond cartel: sell just a little of it,
in small pieces, with lots of advertizing.

So, how much moon rock do they have?  It would be possible to do
market research and find the optimum amount to sell.