Philosophy
With every bit of the moon rock and soil samples on Earth having been brought back by NASA missions to the moon they are all considered government property. Like many things that are government owned the samples have been loaned out over the years from the stash of 842 pounds of materials that the Apollo moon missions brought back to Earth over the Apollo years.
A recent survey by the NASA inspector general found that more than 500 different samples are missing or stolen at this point. The audit suggesting more are missing based on a survey of scientists and researchers that have been loaned samples over the years. Apparently, out of the 59 scholars that were loaned samples that bothered to respond, 19% of them could not find their samples.
The audit also found that over the years as researchers that were loaned samples died, retired, or moved, many of the samples were never returned. Only about 70% of those loaned samples responded to the audit request. The audit comes not long after NASA set up a sting that caught an elderly woman who was trying to sell a moon rock sample that her husband had owned.
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Philosophy
Some of the original 842 pounds is missing
"Hundreds of NASA moon rock samples are missing or stolen"
by
Shane McGlaun
December 9th, 2011
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by
Shane McGlaun
December 9th, 2011
SlashGear
With every bit of the moon rock and soil samples on Earth having been brought back by NASA missions to the moon they are all considered government property. Like many things that are government owned the samples have been loaned out over the years from the stash of 842 pounds of materials that the Apollo moon missions brought back to Earth over the Apollo years.
A recent survey by the NASA inspector general found that more than 500 different samples are missing or stolen at this point. The audit suggesting more are missing based on a survey of scientists and researchers that have been loaned samples over the years. Apparently, out of the 59 scholars that were loaned samples that bothered to respond, 19% of them could not find their samples.
The audit also found that over the years as researchers that were loaned samples died, retired, or moved, many of the samples were never returned. Only about 70% of those loaned samples responded to the audit request. The audit comes not long after NASA set up a sting that caught an elderly woman who was trying to sell a moon rock sample that her husband had owned.
- $22,500 An Ounce For A Mars Rock?
This handout photo provided by Darryl Pitt of the Macovich Collection shows an external view of a Martian meteorite recovered in December 2011 near Foumzgit, Morocco following a meteorite shower believed to have occurred in July 2011. "The rarest things...
- "hold On", Says Nasa
See...Two auctions...big bucks spent "NASA Questions Apollo 13 Commander's Sale of List"byCurt AndersonJanuary 6th, 2012Associated PressNASA is questioning whether Apollo 13 commander James Lovell has the right to sell a 70-page checklist from the...
- “genesis Rock”
Almost 40 years ago this day [July 30th, 19171] Apollo 15 landed on the Moon. And one of the items brought back to Earth was the so-called “Genesis Rock” which after analysis was dated to be 4.5 billion years old making it almost as old as the solar...
- Moon Rocks
I was not aware of this practice. "NASA Moon Rocks Gifted to States and Provinces" Lunar Samples on Display in State Museums by Beverly Bright March 8th, 2010 Suite101.com Fifty U.S. states and provinces each received a piece of lunar rock encased...
- Glycine, Propanol, Propenal, Etc....life Forming Chemicals In Space
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