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Topic: Apollo 17 moon rock 'touchstone' locations

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 07-16-2018 11:15 AM From NASA: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Lunar sample 70215 is a dense, fine-grained porphyritic mare basalt that has been used to create “touchstones” for public display (see list under Processing). It was collected about 60 m from the Lunar Module and is one of the largest stones returned from the Moon.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> The White House only had the lunar touchstone [URL=https://www.space.com/39385-apollo-17-moon-rock-trump-signing-ceremony.html]on loan[/URL] for the signing of Space Policy Directive 1 in January. The 10 lunar touchstones are as follows: [list][]National Air and Space Museum Washington, DC Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,84 []Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Cape Canaveral, Florida Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,287 []Space Center Houston Houston, Texas Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,238 []Macmillan Space Centre Vancouver, Canada Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,263 []Universum, Museo de las Ciencias de la UNAM Mexico City, Mexico Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,28 []Driven to Explore Trailer based out of Johnson Space Center Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,11 []Exploration Trailer based out of Marshall Space Flight Center Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,265 []NASA Headquarters Washington, DC Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,309 []Museon The Hague, The Netherlands Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,266 []Montreal Science Center Quebec, Canada Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Number 70215,395[/list]
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