I often say, "Wait for the qualifier." Thanks Mike. I stand corrected.
-- Richard Kowalski http://fullmoonphotography.net IMCA #1081 --- On Sat, 9/12/09, Mike Bandli <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Mike Bandli <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Moon Rocks illegal? > To: "'Richard Kowalski'" <[email protected]>, > [email protected], "'Greg Catterton'" > <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 7:45 PM > 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
