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Re: ALH84001
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- Subject: Re: ALH84001
- From: mblood@access1.net (mblood)
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 00:40:26 -0800
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Dear Sarah,
Thanks for the info on lunar material - I was under exactly that
impression.
Given the potential ESCEPTIONALLY high prices even TINY fragments have
brought (ie, something like $400,000 for a minor portion of a gram of
Soviet recovered lunar material from an auction a couple of years ago)
wouldn't it make sense to auction off, say even 2 or 3% of the lunar
material to help fund the programs?
Obviously, this would have to be an exceptionally well thought out
operation, as "too much" material released would result in dramatically
lower price/gram ratio - however, 2 or 3% should make it sufficiently
"rare" so as to be able to generate sizable funds.
Do you know if this has been seriously considered by people in
government/agencies that could influence such a possibility? Perhaps I
am nieve and funding is SO huge that such $s generated would be only a
"drop in the bucket?"
Best wishes, Michael