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| SoundDust Milkshake Holy Grail (Mediocre Old One)
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 Posted: 23-07-2002 19:19 Post subject: (Moon) Rock & Roll (into jail) |
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Sorry about the crap pun:
| Quote: | Three American students who worked in summer jobs at Nasa space agency and another person have been charged with stealing valuable moon rocks and attempting to sell them on the internet.
E-mail sent to FBI investigators
Undercover agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Nasa Office of the Inspector General arrested the four, aged between 19 and 26, after recovering a safe containing samples worth more than one million dollars.
It had been stolen from the Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas.
The FBI were alerted to the theft following an e-mail tip-off, and since May this year had communicated with a group claiming to offer the "priceless moon rocks" - which were collected by astronauts on the Apollo missions during the late 1960s and early 1970s - for sale. |
full story here |
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johnnyboy1968 The Duke's Spook Joined: 15 Aug 2001 Total posts: 291 Location: alone again, naturally Age: 45 Gender: Male |
| Posted: 23-07-2002 22:38 Post subject: |
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| On a sorta related note, I once worked with a bloke (who I'd better not name), whose job involved experiments with Moon rocks, usually in the form of small slivers. He told me that he accidentally washed a piece of Moon down a sink, and had to cover his tracks by fabricating some destructive tests to account for its loss! Apparently, every last tiny fragment has to be logged and accounted for... |
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| mejane1 miaow, miaow... purrrr Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Total posts: 1637 Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 23-07-2002 23:02 Post subject: |
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Aw, so this isn't about Keith Moon blowing up hotel toilets then? Okay, I'll put the drum kit back together, and get the car out of the swimming pool.
| Quote: | The safe had been stolen from the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
The FBI were alerted to the theft following an e-mail tip-off, and since May this year had communicated with a group claiming to offer the "priceless Moon rocks" - which were collected by astronauts on the Apollo missions during the late 1960s and early 1970s - for sale. |
You'd think someone at the JSC would notice the lack of a safe - sudden appearance of big hole in the wall or, if it was a free standing one, someone wondering where the nice table for their coffee cup had gone... or is this just another example of poor BBC reporting (someone get them a book on grammar - stat!) 
Anyway, wouldn't it be easier to sell Earth rocks with a forged "authenticity" certificate?
Jane (me grammer be perfect thank yous!  ) |
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| beakboo1 Latex RealBird Joined: 20 Sep 2001 Total posts: 5143 Location: Home for bewildered gentlebeaks, St Peter's Close. Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 24-07-2002 16:45 Post subject: |
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| Good old Stephen Baxter wrote about this as well. In this case the theft resulted in the destruction of the Earth. Best to leave them where they are I say. |
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| escargot1 Joined: 24 Aug 2001 Total posts: 17897 Location: Farkham Hall Age: 4 Gender: Female |
| Posted: 24-07-2002 17:52 Post subject: |
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Hahahahah, good old eBay.
I once sold some unique items (legitimately obtained) which had cost me less than £3 for £150. Went a long way towards a posh PC for my son. |
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| naitaka Realistic action figure Joined: 21 Aug 2001 Total posts: 437 Location: Fort Rouille, New France Gender: Unknown |
| Posted: 24-07-2002 20:41 Post subject: |
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It's a shame that moon rocks are so valuable. This is the 21st Century! Anyone who wants moon rocks should be able to buy a ticket to the moon on PanAm! Kubrick promised! |
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