Re: Moon Dust For Sale

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From: Bruce Watson
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 20:45

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In article <1993Jan5.211231.5031@aio.jsc.nasa.gov| tes@gothamcity.uucp (Thomas E. Smith [LORAL]) writes:
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|I'm just guessing on my figures, but wasn't 500 lbs of moon rock and dust 
|brought back from the moon? And didn't the entire Moon program cost around
|$67 billion? I think that puts the moon dust/rocks at about $134,000,000 a 
|pound! But as Ken says, it ain't fer sale by Nasa.
|
A total of 842 pounds of rock and soil.
-- 
Bruce Watson (wats@scicom) Bulletin 629-49 Item 6700 Extract 75,131

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From: wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson)
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Subject: Re: Moon Dust For Sale
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