It is legal to own -some- moon-dust stained items released by Astronauts, which contain lunar material (at a microscopic level) - Velcro, Beta Cloth, etc.. They have long been sold by artifact dealers without restriction. This is the ONLY way to own 'moon dust' from Apollo. I've seen some nice swatches that contain those microscopic orange spherules of glass. Neat stuff, but I'd rather own a big chunk of lunar meteorite.
Mike Bandli www.HistoricMeteorites.com IMCA #5765 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Kowalski Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:32 PM To: [email protected]; Greg Catterton Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Rocks illegal? Greg, the first article you cite states it correctly. It is illegal (in the US) to own any lunar material that made it to earth via an Apollo mission. It is perfectly legal to own lunar material that makes it to earth "naturally". -- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 9/12/09, Greg Catterton <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Greg Catterton <[email protected]> > Subject: [meteorite-list] Moon Rocks illegal? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 6:03 PM > It seems Lunar Rock is a "controlled > substance" and is illegal to own... > http://www.boingboing.net/2009/07/20/lunar-rocks-are-a-co.html > http://www.geotimes.org/sept02/NN_moon.html > http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2000-12/976929331.As.r.html > > Is this true? What does it mean for Lunar Meteorites? > Can anyone offer info about this? > > Thanks, and hope everyone has a great weekend (whats left > of it) > Greg C. > > > > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
