[meteorite-list] NASA could sell...

From: Steve Schoner <schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 20:48:37 GMT
Message-ID: <20110626.144837.23298.0_at_webmail08.dca.untd.com>

Right, And I am serious about it.

Everything, meteorites included. NASA keeps up to half the stock for science and releases the rest through a public GSA auction.

And to prove provenance of the specimens encapsulate them with a statement of what the sample is, its weight, origin, NASA logo and s/n. There should be a fine print statement on the back of that encapsulated label warning that if capsule is broken the sample then loses its provenance, and thus its intrinsic value, and that NASA will not confirm the identity of broken lucite encapsulated specimens.

These NASA presentation capsules can be patterned after those that were previously made and distributed to other Nations or institutions, or made from a different design.

I have dreamt of this for years. Just a dream... But you never know... Maybe some Senator or Congressman will see the merit of releasing some, up to half the stock to the General Public, ostensibly to fund NASA. And maybe some of those protecting this so called "National Treasure" at JSC will see merit in it too. And for them, their trust will increase as the voids left from these sales fill with new specimens from asteroids, Mars and the moon when funded missions return with new samples.

We all have to let go in life. We leave everything behind, and move on. Our Government should realise this as well. Those rocks in the course of human history will be dispersed, one way or another, it will happen.

Why not let it happen now a bit at a time... When those with the resources can plunk down millions for a piece of moon rock from each of the Apollo Missions, rare meteorites included, so that exploration can continue and humanity as a whole can move on.

Not all will be able to afford what could be offered, but those that can will and maybe plunk down more than most would ever pay for such encapsulated specimens.

I saw Apollo 11 live in 1969 awed to be alive to see it. The moon for me changed in one day, for Man had finally set his footprint there. And ever since I have waited to see our steps on the moon again and by now mars...

"We Came In Peace For All Mankind" was the statement on Eagle's plaque that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left on the Moon...

It is past the time to let go of a portion of what they and the other Apollo astronauts brought back so that these funds will help to extend that message again to the moon and beyond.

Steve Schoner
Founding Member Emeritus IMCA #4470
www.petroslides.com

---------- 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] NASA could sell...
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 14:22:45 -0400

Hi Steve and List,

That is the best idea I have heard in a long time! And, it would
completely vindicate Nininger!

Put me down for a micro speck of ALH84001!

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 6/26/11, Steve Schoner <schoner at mybluelight.com> wrote:
> Here is an idea that has been bandied about...
>
> NASA complains about lack of funds for further exploration.
>
> But they sit on a 856 lbs of Apollo moon samples valued at 50K to 5 million
> per/gram.
>
> And there are many pieces that have been studied and no longer of scientific
> use.
>
> Put them up in a legitimate government auction of public property.
>
> In fact they could cut in half every specimen that have at hand sitting in
> their vaults and maybe even fund another manned mission to the moon or even
> to Mars.
>
> And all the while they waste tax-payer money chasing down holders of
> inconsequential milligrams of lunar dust on swatches of tape.
>
> Steve Schoner
> IMCA #4470
>
> P.S.  I open this with the exercise of figuring out what 400 lbs of Apollo
> rocks, soil and dust might bring on the open market, either by set price as
> currently established on the open market for the very few Apollo samples in
> public domain, or as might be realised in an open Government sponsored
> auction.
>
> Should be interesting to see what the results might be.
>
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