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Apollo 17 Moonrock Returned to Louisiana
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:19 am
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:19 am
During the Apollo Program, each U.S. state and member nation of the United Nations received "Goodwill" moon rocks from the Apollo 11 and 17 missions. Over the years, a large number of these lunar samples have gone missing. Over the last decade or so, there had been an effort within the space community to locate these samples, and have them returned to their respective state/nation to be displayed. The missing Apollo 17 rock for Louisiana was purchased at a Florida garage sale and recently returned to the state ...
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This post was edited on 9/29/21 at 11:20 am
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Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:20 am to TheFonz
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The missing Apollo 17 rock for Louisiana was purchased at a Florida garage sale
theantiquetiger really missed out on this one.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:21 am to TheFonz
Guy was using old plaques to make gun stocks
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:21 am to TheFonz
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The missing Apollo 17 rock for Louisiana was purchased at a Florida garage sale
"Bought for $2 going for $1 million on eBay"
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:23 am to TheFonz
Good for the man returning it to Louisiana, but he sounds a little dumb. Who buys a piece of the moon for the wood plaque and then forgets about it?
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:24 am to TheFonz
JBE will be trying to take credit for this before the end of the day.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:25 am to TheFonz
So its a prop from the sound stage where the Moon Landing happened?
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:27 am to TheFonz
Good, now let's go get our New Orleans Grays flag that flew at the Alamo back from Mexico....
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https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2011/03/27/experts-appraise-famous-flag-that-flew-at-alamo-battle/
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The only flag known to have survived the Battle of the Alamo has been found on display at a museum in Mexico.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2011/03/27/experts-appraise-famous-flag-that-flew-at-alamo-battle/
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Posted on 9/29/21 at 12:04 pm to JodyPlauche
Actually , Holland tested the moon rock given to them by Apollo 11. Turned out to be petrified wood.
I actually think the so called moon rocks are meteorites collected in Antarctica by our space program to pass out as moon rocks.
I actually think the so called moon rocks are meteorites collected in Antarctica by our space program to pass out as moon rocks.
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