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Topic: Teacher In Space moon sample
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sfurtaw
Member Posts: 104
From: Saginaw, MI USA
Registered: Feb 2004
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posted 06-24-2010 08:32 AM
   
Does anyone know if/when Teacher In Space candidates were awarded moon samples? Has anyone ever seen one? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-24-2010 08:53 AM
According to NASA, no individual has ever been (officially/legally) presented with an Apollo-returned lunar sample. Per the space agency's lunar curatorial staff, the only moon rocks to have ever been released from U.S. government property were the goodwill gifts presented after the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions, which were made to the populations of the states/nations to which they were gifted. Astronauts were presented with/permitted to keep some lunar-dust stained items, but that is the extent to which NASA purposely and knowingly presented lunar material. Speculating, but what the Teacher in Space candidates may have received were cast-replicas of moon rocks or perhaps lunar simulant... |
SpaceAholic
Member Posts: 4437
From: Sierra Vista, Arizona
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-25-2010 02:56 PM
Ambassadors of Exploration doesnt count as an individual presentation? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-25-2010 03:00 PM
The Ambassador of Exploration awards are presented in name only; the honorees do not own the lunar sample, nor for that matter does the educational institution or museum where they choose to have it displayed. The lunar samples embedded within the award remain the property of NASA and are provided on long-term loan. | |
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