[meteorite-list] How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 16:31:33 +0200
Message-ID: <000601c9d0b2$da3e6c90$177f2a59_at_name86d88d87e2>

Yes, a safe was lifted there,
as well as the part of the Good-Will Moon Rock, presented to Honduras was
stolen and was tried to be trafficked in USA.
Currently the Apollo-sample of Malta is missing.

Once I saw a strange documentation (was it on BBC or on discovery?), where
it was stated, that most of the Apollo-samples once distributed to the
nations of the World would have been lost and are missing.
Is that true?
(was a strange documentation, a man with a big belly and a full beard
driving an old car was shown as to be the "special agent" of NASA, searching
for the missing Moon rocks...).

Let's open a new thread: Identify the Moon Rock given to your country!

I start.
Germany should have 3 Moon Rocks.
Two are given on permanent loan - one to the Technische Museum Berlin,
the other is housed in the exhibition of the Ries-Crater-Museum in
Noerdlingen (the astronauts got their a geological training in the
Ries-Crater by Eugene Shoemaker).
The Good-Will-piece donated to the Federal Rep. of Germany (don't know
whether the former German Democratic Rep. got one too?),
must be somewhere in the Deutsche Museum in Munich.
Wasn't a longer time there, have to go there again,
so I don't know, whether it's currently on display or somewhere in the
storage (museums in Germany are sometimes somewhat strange in estimating, if
an item could be attractive for the visitors or not...).

Best!
Martin

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Galactic Stone & Ironworks [mailto:meteoritemike at gmail.com]
Gesendet: Samstag, 9. Mai 2009 16:11
An: Martin Altmann
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks

Is the story true? I read it and it sounds like pop-culture fiction.

I've never heard anything about this elsewhere.

If it's true, the thieves should be treated like Moon Rocks -
sterilized and then locked up forever.


On 5/9/09, Martin Altmann <altmann at meteorite-martin.de> wrote:
> Was that article an exercise in style?
>
> At least...due to the efforts of a few enthusiasts on the globe,
> everyone can have now his piece of Moon Rock at a price of a paperback :-)
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> Martin
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> -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Pete
> Pete
> Gesendet: Samstag, 9. Mai 2009 12:58
> An: cynapse at charter.net; meteoritelist meteoritelist
> Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks
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> Thieves.....I hate them!
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