[meteorite-list] Apollo Moon rock sample on eBay?

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:35:21 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTim8GV1m7mLqLFyhiM1qxYP6_pKB6ObiJ10w4tqc_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Walt and List,

Thanks for reminding me about the camera cartridge dust. I had
forgotten about that. AFAIK, that is the only legal Apollo lunar
material on the market. I've love to own one of those little pieces
of tape with dust on it, but the asking price is too rich for my
blood. I'll have to settle for a small micro of NWA 482. :)

I guess one of us could report the auction to eBay, but I doubt they
will pull the auction down. I gave up on reporting things to eBay,
since they never listen to me.

Best regards,

MikeG

PS - it's good to see you posting again Walt! :)


On 2/3/11, Walter Branch <waltbranch at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Hello Rob, et al.
>
> My opinion, this is not real.
>
> All lunar samples returned by the Apollo missions are property of the US
> government. None were given to engineers. The federal government did give
> some samples to certain other countries as a gift to the people of the
> country.
>
> The story about the planetary geologist sounds too stupid to be believable.
>
> NASA did hold an auction a few years ago to get rid of some old hardware but
> NEVER moon rocks.
>
> The story about the tape and film canister is true. I believe the
> technician's is Terry Slezak. This is widely known among space
> artifact/memorabilia collectors..
>
> -Walter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matson, Robert D." <ROBERT.D.MATSON at saic.com>
> To: "Meteorite-list List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 6:17 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Apollo Moon rock sample on eBay?
>
>
>> Probably impossible to tell from the pictures, but what are the odds
>> that
>> this is truly Apollo material?
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150557455015
>>
>> --Rob
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