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In article <1iaeeuINN7kq@darkstar.UCSC.EDU> banshee@cats.ucsc.edu (Wailer at the Gates of Dawn) writes:
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>I think [selling moon rocks] is a GREAT idea and that NASA should
>market MORE space items to help finance its budget.  Whats [sic] the approx
>cost per pound of moon rocks anyhow?

NASA is part of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government.  As such,
it receives its funding from the U.S. Congress.  Under the U.S. Code,
NASA can't engage in this kind of fund-raising efforts, nor can it sell
advertising on rockets, hold bake sales, or even accept volunteer labor
from corporations (several of which have offered free services to the
under-funded Space Exploration Initiative).  NASA gets what funding
Congress allows it and no more.  And that funding is not enough to get
us "back to the moon... this time to stay."  If you have a problem with
that, write your Congresscritter.  

-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
      kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov  (713) 483-4368

     "...back to the moon, back to the future,
      and, this time, back to stay." -- George Bush