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T O P I C R E V I E WRobert PearlmancollectSPACE A moon rock in the Oval Office: President Joe Biden's lunar displayJoe Biden was three weeks from taking office as a freshman U.S. senator when the moon rock that is now newly on display in the White House was collected by astronauts on the lunar surface.Six terms in Congress, two terms as the Vice President of the United States and one presidential inauguration later, Biden and the lunar sample 76015,143 will now share the Oval Office. RobertBAnd just like that... Biden has one of the best collections of Apollo memorabilia! Mike DixonWonder what his focus might be on returning to the moon. Fra MauroThat’s an important symbolic step to me. Hopefully there will be concrete actions as well! Don’t we wish we could all borrow a lunar sample?GACspaceguyI believe a match set of the Apollo moon rock and an Artemis moon rock would be great. A brother and sister display. JonnyedAnd it is almost 3/4 of a pound so it's no small sliver of a moon rock. It's pretty good size.Also, when you click on the newslink, I like the story of how Bill Clinton used to tamper down arguments in the Oval Office by pointing to the moon rock [different one].sts205cdrI seem to recall an early episode of The West Wing when President Bartlett was asked what he wanted to decorate the Oval Office. His initial request for the Apollo 11 capsule was declined.mode1charlieI might be reading too much into it, but it might bode well for Artemis that Biden sees fit to have a relic of America's first voyages to the moon in his office, as a reminder that that accomplishment is something we should honor by extending the endeavor to the current day. 328KFDespite the NASA press release, I don't see this as anything more than a conversation piece for Biden, much like Clinton used his. And no one has stated categorically that Biden himself requested it. Maybe somebody will ask that question sometime.It's a nice decoration, though. ejectrExactly...Robert PearlmanPresident Biden today (March 4) spoke about the moon rock, as he recounted during a call with the NASA-JPL Mars Perseverance team: I had a group of folks in my office not too long ago, House members, Democrats and Republicans, and was talking about infrastructure. And I have on my shelf in the Oval Office a moon rock and they walked over and said, "This is actually a moon rock from the moon?" And I jokingly said, "You ain't see nothin' yet, wait until you see what comes home from Mars!"
A moon rock in the Oval Office: President Joe Biden's lunar displayJoe Biden was three weeks from taking office as a freshman U.S. senator when the moon rock that is now newly on display in the White House was collected by astronauts on the lunar surface.Six terms in Congress, two terms as the Vice President of the United States and one presidential inauguration later, Biden and the lunar sample 76015,143 will now share the Oval Office.
Joe Biden was three weeks from taking office as a freshman U.S. senator when the moon rock that is now newly on display in the White House was collected by astronauts on the lunar surface.
Six terms in Congress, two terms as the Vice President of the United States and one presidential inauguration later, Biden and the lunar sample 76015,143 will now share the Oval Office.
Also, when you click on the newslink, I like the story of how Bill Clinton used to tamper down arguments in the Oval Office by pointing to the moon rock [different one].
It's a nice decoration, though.
I had a group of folks in my office not too long ago, House members, Democrats and Republicans, and was talking about infrastructure. And I have on my shelf in the Oval Office a moon rock and they walked over and said, "This is actually a moon rock from the moon?" And I jokingly said, "You ain't see nothin' yet, wait until you see what comes home from Mars!"
And I jokingly said, "You ain't see nothin' yet, wait until you see what comes home from Mars!"
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