AW: [meteorite-list] Apollo lunar fragment url correction

From: FBlockland_at_aol.com <FBlockland_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:47:05 2004
Message-ID: <134.4267520.291958b9_at_aol.com>

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In a message dated 11/6/01 8:42:58 AM Eastern Standard Time,
trifid_at_timewarp.de writes:


> Hi Charlie, hi folks,
>
> My best guess is that this piece is just a cast of a lunar rock, if
> it has been used for educational purposes at all. I've seen similar
> pieces up for sale, offered by some dubious advertisers and hoaxters,
> and I surely wouldn't take out a loan for it...
>
> Kind regards,
> Norbert Classen
>

I too have seen these displays. NASA did a presentation at our local science
museum and had similar displays that were copes of the originals. They did
have a real sample but it was very small and in cased in an acrylic block it
never left the presenters site.

Regards,
                Fred



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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 11/6/01 8:42:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, trifid_at_timewarp.de writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Hi Charlie, hi folks,
<BR>
<BR>My best guess is that this piece is just a cast of a lunar rock, if
<BR>it has been used for educational purposes at all. I've seen similar
<BR>pieces up for sale, offered by some dubious advertisers and hoaxters,
<BR>and I surely wouldn't take out a loan for it...
<BR>
<BR>Kind regards,
<BR>Norbert Classen
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<BR>I too have seen these displays. NASA did a presentation at our local science museum and had similar displays that were copes of the originals. They did have a real sample but it was very small and in cased in an acrylic block it never left the presenters site.
<BR>
<BR>Regards,
<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Fred
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Received on Tue 06 Nov 2001 10:16:09 AM PST


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