Hi Ron and all, I had always heard that the cost of the samples if you took the whole Apollo series into consideration would be about $60,000 per gram. However that doesn't take into consideration all of the science, and knowledge we learned from Apollo. Also the spin-offs from the research and technology that we benefit from today have to be weighed into all of this I would think. Inflation from that time period to now would be about six times.
One other consideration would be that the material stolen, what samples do they come from. If they came from a single small stone unique to all other lunar samples retrieved (perhaps lunar meteorites should be considered also if we have more of the same) then the value would be higher. If it came from a larger "chunk" then the value perhaps would be less. In every market it boils down to what a buyer will pay. I have to ask myself what would I pay for Apollo material (if it were legal as I would never be in the market for something that is stolen). Seems to me that the average cost of lunar meteorite material right now is around $3000 to $5000 per/gram. Would I pay more for a limited offering of Moon Rock, most likely yes. How much more I don't really know. --AL Mitterling Ron Baalke wrote: > > > I wouldn't think anyone could place such a value > > Agreed. ALH84001 and Apollo moon samples have never been offered > on the market before. Supply and demand will dictate the price. > The supply is low (113 grams), and the demand would be extremely high. > It would no doubt set new price records. > > > It cost $24 billion to recover 838 > > pounds of rocks, which proportionately would equal about $63,000 per > > gram if my math is correct. Multiply by 113 grams and you get $7.128 > > million. > > Don't forget to factor in about 30 years of inflation. > > Ron Baalke > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
