[meteorite-list] Moon rocks

From: D Miller <dannyspl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:57:04 -0700
Message-ID: <uc107vytx91v269spbqxf1j2.1334451424386_at_email.android.com>

Lol that's it!

Sent from T-Mobile G2 with Google

"Sterling K. Webb" <sterling_k_webb at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>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
>--------------------------------------------------------------
>----- 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
>>>--------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>----- 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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