[meteorite-list] Moon rocks

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:54:50 -0500
Message-ID: <67B0D020C9CC42B68D7224E6EA863889_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Dan, List,

THIS $4.7 million Moon Rock?
http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum27/HTML/003260.html

As they point out, that $4.7 million is just an
opening bid; there is a reserve. But, but on the
bright side... Free Shipping!

I suppose it would be more or less legal to sell
someone a Moon Rock on eBay and when the
auction was complete, tell the buyer that his
purchase was ON the Moon and all he had to
do was to arrange his own shipping or just go
pick it up himself...


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "D Miller" <dannyspl at aol.com>
To: "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net>;
<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon rocks


> Did anyone see the auction on EBay last week for a Moon rock for 4.7
> mil. I tried to post here twice. He said he had papers to own I also
> heard men in suits from NASA may show up at your doorstep if you try
> to sell them.
>
> Sent from T-Mobile G2 with Google
>
> "Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>Hi, Dan, List,
>>
>>"Moon Rocks," meaning pieces of the Moon returned
>>by the space program, are the property of the Nation,
>>which paid about 25 billion 1970 dollars for them. In
>>practical terms, they are "owned" by the government
>>of the United States. No individuals "own" them. But
>>samples of lunar material are loaned to researchers on
>>application and justification for the research proposed
>>and are returned when it is over (unless the testing is
>>destructive, in which case they must be accounted for).
>>
>>"Moon Rocks," in the sense of rocks from the Moon
>>that were brought to Earth by other means than
>>government effort, that is, meteorites, can be owned
>>by anyone willing to pay the price to own them.
>>
>>
>>Sterling K. Webb
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "D Miller" <dannyspl at aol.com>
>>To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2012 2:18 PM
>>Subject: [meteorite-list] Moon rocks
>>
>>
>>> Can someone please tell me what the government policy is on
>>> obtaining
>>> moon rocks? I understand that only selected individuals related to
>>> the
>>> space program are allowed to own them. Dan Miller
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