[meteorite-list] Ownership of Apollo samples
From: magellon_at_earthlink.net <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:47:09 2004 Message-ID: <3BEA84AC.A5A22B63_at_earthlink.net> --------------8B0CFBF9F26C75C5D7C45B2D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List and Charlie- You (and others) are correct ( Norbert had it pegged correctly also): I checked with NASA. This is their reply. Subject RE: NASA lunar rock? Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:18:58 -0600 From: "PARKER, LOUIS A. (JSC-AP) (NASA)" <louis.a.parker1_at_jsc.nasa.gov> To: "'magellon_at_earthlink.net'" <magellon@earthlink.net> CC: "LOFGREN, GARY E. (JSC-ST) (NASA)" <gary.e.lofgren1_at_jsc.nasa.gov> Ken Newton, Thanks for your call and this note. Don't give this another thought....the sample is NOT real. It's a replica sample that our Center had done years ago. How this person wound up with it, I don't know, but I plan to do some checking. We would NEVER have a sample of this size sitting on a "rod"....display samples (real ones) were NEVER displayed in this manner. I'm attaching an image of a typical (real) lunar sample display. Lunar Display Louis Parker JSC Exhibits Manager tel 281 483 8622 fax 281 483 4876 e-mail louis.a.parker1_at_jsc.nasa.gov web www.jsc.nasa.gov/pao/exhibits -----Original Message----- From: magellon_at_earthlink.net [mailto:magellon_at_earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 9:34 AM To: PARKER, LOUIS A. (JSC-AP) (NASA) Subject: NASA lunar rock? Is this an actual lunar rock or a model that can be sold? Apollo 11 Volcanic Basalt Fragment Thanks, Ken Charlie wrote: > Dear Sam, Ron, Fred, and list members > > Walter Branch must surely be correct in stating the 96 g eBay sample > cannot be lunar due to the cost of such a fragment to NASA. And Steve > pointed out such reproduction samples were common in te 70's. > Nevertheless, NASA does make lunar samples available under strict > guidelines. If you go to the following page and click on "requesting > lunar samples", you can see the "educator discs" made available to > qualified teachers: > > http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/lunar.htm > > Best wishes, > Charlie > --------------8B0CFBF9F26C75C5D7C45B2D Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> List and Charlie- <br>You (and others) are correct ( Norbert had it pegged correctly also): <br>I checked with NASA. This is their reply. <p>Subject RE: NASA lunar rock? <br>Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 12:18:58 -0600 <br>From: "PARKER, LOUIS A. (JSC-AP) (NASA)" <louis.a.parker1_at_jsc.nasa.gov> <br>To: "'magellon_at_earthlink.net'" <magellon@earthlink.net> <br>CC: "LOFGREN, GARY E. (JSC-ST) (NASA)" <gary.e.lofgren1_at_jsc.nasa.gov> <p>Ken Newton, <br> Thanks for your call and this note. Don't give this another <br>thought....the sample is NOT real. It's a replica sample that <br>our Center had done years ago. How this person wound up <br>with it, I don't know, but I plan to do some checking. We <br>would NEVER have a sample of this size sitting on a <br>"rod"....display samples (real ones) were NEVER displayed <br>in this manner. I'm attaching an image of a typical (real) <br>lunar sample display. <br> <a href="http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1519602&a=13920811&p=56113172">Lunar Display</a> <br>Louis Parker <br>JSC Exhibits Manager <br>tel 281 483 8622 <br>fax 281 483 4876 <br>e-mail louis.a.parker1_at_jsc.nasa.gov <br>web www.jsc.nasa.gov/pao/exhibits <br> <br> -----Original Message----- <br> From: magellon_at_earthlink.net <br> [<A HREF="mailto:magellon_at_earthlink.net">mailto:magellon@earthlink.net</A>] <br> Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 9:34 AM <br> To: PARKER, LOUIS A. (JSC-AP) (NASA) <br> Subject: NASA lunar rock? <p> Is this an actual lunar rock or a model that <br> can be sold? <p> Apollo 11 Volcanic Basalt Fragment <p> Thanks, <br> Ken <br> <br> <p>Charlie wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Dear Sam, Ron, Fred, and list members <p>Walter Branch must surely be correct in stating the 96 g eBay sample <br>cannot be lunar due to the cost of such a fragment to NASA. And Steve <br>pointed out such reproduction samples were common in te 70's. <br>Nevertheless, NASA does make lunar samples available under strict <br>guidelines. If you go to the following page and click on "requesting <br>lunar samples", you can see the "educator discs" made available to <br>qualified teachers: <p><a href="http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/lunar.htm">http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/lunar.htm</a> <p>Best wishes, <br>Charlie <br> </blockquote> </html> --------------8B0CFBF9F26C75C5D7C45B2D-- Received on Thu 08 Nov 2001 08:12:13 AM PST |
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