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

From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 22:13:24 -0500
Message-ID: <BAY153-w56D23EFCB7989AAE030A0AF8E60_at_phx.gbl>

Hello, All,
 
 
All things considered, this auctioneer is either auctioning stolen property or is blatantly committing fraud, since respectively he could not have come into possession of Apollo material legitimately or is simply a liar.

And, anyone buying the material is a fool.
 
 
Cheers,
Pete
 

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> From: waltbranch at bellsouth.net
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 20:29:41 -0500
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Apollo Moon rock sample on eBay?
>
> 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."
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> 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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Received on Thu 03 Feb 2011 10:13:24 PM PST