[meteorite-list] Moon Dust

From: John Lutzon <jl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:44:30 -0400
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Journalistic integrity----is an Oxymoron

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: "Steve Schoner" <schoner at mybluelight.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust


> Sad. And it confirms that the media deserves it's spot in the
> Meteorite Hall of Shame.
>
> The rarest thing on Earth - meteorites? No, it's journalistic integrity.
>
> Last time I checked, journalistic integrity is selling for
> $20,000,000/gram.
>
> "News" is no longer meant to inform, it's packaged to sell advertising.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
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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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