[meteorite-list] Moon Dust

From: Michael Gilmer <*meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:22:47 -0400 Message-ID: <BANLkTimBVXhhR4S063nm8vaFMz49jeYCyA_at_mail.gmail.com> · meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com

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On 6/25/11, Steve Schoner <schoner at mybluelight.com> wrote:
> Now this story is on CNN (Communist News Network)for all to see.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/06/25/mo.stolen.moon.dust.ksdk?&hpt=hp_c2
>
> Amazing lies.  Terry Slezak should sue for defamation of character, being
> accused of "theft" of a so called "National Treasure, 42 years later.
>
> When all the while this 1" piece of tape he OPENLY sold 10 years ago in a
> major auction of space artifacts, was then cut into maybe 250 tiny wedges by
> its buyer Florian Noller, and OPENLY sold world wide since that time even
> till now, sans the so called "Black Market"
>
> This aged Missouri Prosecutor needs to find the real "Black Market" traders,
> like the drug lords that currently fill St. Louis, or seek another job.
>
>
> Steve Schoner
> IMCA #4470
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
> To: Steve Schoner <schoner at mybluelight.com>
> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust
> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:37:17 -0400
>
> Hi Steve, Phil, List,
>
> This is an incredible waste of taxpayer funds.  I wonder how many tens
> of thousands of dollars these investigations cost?  Is it really worth
> a ton of public money to recover a few milligrams of lunar dust?
> Afterall, NASA has kilos of this stuff under lock and key.  It's not
> like science is suffering because someone is offering a piece of dusty
> tape on auction.
>
> This is yet another example of government idiocy, backwards
> priorities, and frivolous spending of taxpayer money.  The agents
> involved should be ashamed of themselves and they should spend their
> time looking for real criminals.
>
> I'd love to have some of Florian's tape, and if I will buy some if I
> can ever afford it.  And I invite the feds to come and try to take it.
>  Notice I said "try", because it will take a Seal Team to retrieve it
> from my possession.  ;)
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> On 6/25/11, Steve Schoner <schoner at mybluelight.com> wrote:
>> Phil,
>>
>> Yes it was and still is legal... At least until this agent decided to act.
>>
>> Florian Noller at Spaceflori.com has been selling this openly for TEN
>> YEARS.
>> And not on the "Black Market"  Mr Noller purchased that strip of tape and
>> other space related items in widely publicised space memorabilia auction
>> in
>> Germany in 2001.
>>
>> NASA was aware of it then, did an investigation of it and it was of no
>> consequence then,and the auction proceeded without this tape being
>> confiscated or the auction of it halted.
>>
>> Spaceflori.com sold tiny triangles of it, hundreds of them over the last
>> 10
>> years, and these were even advertised openly at "Collectspace.com." See:
>>
>> http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum24/HTML/000588.html
>>
>> In fact if you go there and do a search of their archives, and forums you
>> will see as of last year these exact Apollo 11 Moon Tape swatches were
>> being
>> sold and traded by members of those forums.
>>
>> It was never a "Black Market" or "under the table operation. as is widely
>> reported in the viral Intent news stories, NY Times in particular.
>>
>> Why the fuss now?.. Makes me wonder if some official is attempting to
>> justify his job.
>>
>> Make a big splash over nothing... All to make a point.. And maybe make a
>> precedent over nothing.
>>
>> Steve Schoner
>> IMCA #4470
>>
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>> I thought the dust on the tape was the only legal to own and sell NASA
>> lunar
>> material.
>>
>> http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/missing-moon-dust-found-in-st-louis-auction-business-returned-to-nasas-johnson-space-center/2011/06/23/AGhR1zhH_story.html
>>
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
>>
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