[meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera

From: Steve Schoner <schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 07:22:05 GMT
Message-ID: <20111103.012205.4084.1_at_webmail53.dca.untd.com>

          

I know that this is off topic, but not really considering all the valuable data
that those brave Apollo Astronauts brought back for science.

And even today the rocks are being studied and the radionuclide's detected tell us the age and also the resources that we might obtain should the United States ever return and complete what we should have done decades ago. And in a way it does relate to our quest of and classification of lunar meteorites, without that data that they brought back, comparisons and identifications of lunar meteorites would be harder than they are now.

The issue that bothers me is the fact that Dr. Ed Mitchell, sixth man to set foot on the Moon was sued by the United States Goverment for having and wanting to sell a DAC Camera that would otherwise have been destroyed on the Moon.

All Apollo Lunar Astronauts were given the incentive to retain items from the LM if they met weight requirements as per the Mission Commander's approval at the time of the mission.

So for four decades he held on to this camera... Till he decided to auction it in his now 80 years of life.

NASA and our Government then sued him for possession. And under that duress he
surrendered the camera.

This is a travesty, done to a great man, recipient of the Medal of Freedom, And
the lawsuit is a disgrace,,, Shame on NASA and our Government for treating him so.

So with that in mind I posted a video on Youtube with a call for public action to rectify this disgrace.

First see this one as background:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bttkWVERGVs

Then my video with a call for action:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3DtuH_-5s

Legal actions by our Government for seizure of such artifacts, due to their loss of records affects all that have Apollo memorabilia.

And of the over 1000 members of this list there may be some that have such artifacts.

I have two Apollo artifacts that have no record of transfer. One was given to me by a personal friend Eugene Shoemaker, and the other I won in an Ebay auction. Most true Apollo Mission artifacts that are being bought,sold and auctioned are in the same category, no "records of transfer."

It is events like this lawsuit against Ed Mitchell that really upsets my trust in our Government, which seems to be out of control... As if there are things more important than improving our economy and doing some good for all.

Steve

P.S. Hope I have not "taxed" anyone with my long OT post.

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Received on Thu 03 Nov 2011 03:22:05 AM PDT