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Topic: 220696027994: Real Apollo Lunar Sample
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GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2475
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-12-2010 06:18 PM
   
So what do you all make of this eBay item?He claims that this a 100% real moon rock. Check it out. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-12-2010 06:32 PM
Well, it just has to be real... read his guarantee: Although I have no real direct proof, I guarantee this to be a 100% piece of the Moon brought back by the Apollo Astronauts. The paperwork he displays is a poor quality copy of the commemorative customs form that was widely distributed as a souvenir. I predict this sale will be short lived... and highly suggest you save your $5,000. (Reminder: There's no statute of limitations on the theft of government property and attempting to sell fake government property is prosecutable for fraud...) |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2475
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-13-2010 05:22 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Well, it just has to be real... read his guarantee
That's what hooked me.  But, even if there was a good provenance I am not going to jail for a rock, even a moon rock. |
Tykeanaut
Member Posts: 2212
From: Worcestershire, England, UK.
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 11-13-2010 09:10 AM
That would be "Jailhouse Rock" then? |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 11-13-2010 10:30 AM
It's gotta be real. It's a TOP-rated seller who got it from a TOP Grumman engineer who in turn got it from a TOP NASA official. And even if it's not, $5K is not too much to pay for a genuine Fred Haise autograph.  |
cosmos-walter
Member Posts: 691
From: Salzburg, Austria
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 11-13-2010 04:54 PM
He was given this small Moon rock by a top NASA official for his work on the Lunar Lander, and for the occasion of the birth of a baby daughter when Apollo 11 was still on the Lunar Surface. Obviously Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were not the first men on the moon. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 11-13-2010 07:46 PM
Haven't you seen the "Carbon Creek" episode of Enterprise? Tripp, after hearing that first contact with Vulcans was much earlier than he thought: "This is like finding out Neil Armstrong wasn't the first man to walk on the moon!" T'Pol, deadpan: "Perhaps he wasn't." |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 11-13-2010 08:47 PM
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Originally posted by cosmos-walter:
Obviously Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were not the first men on the moon.
Misplaced modifier here -- while I agree that this rock likely originated in someone's backyard, I think he intended to say that the "daughter" was born while Apollo 11 was on the moon, and the "moon rock" was gifted some time later ...in fantasyland.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-15-2010 08:22 AM
The sale ended Saturday evening with a rather odd public acknowledgment by the seller that he was knowingly "circumnavigating" the law... Hey, Mr. Know-It-All? Did you know that it is against the law to surpass the speed limit, but guess what... folks do it every day, Including YOU. Just because it is a written law, does not mean it cannot be circumnavigated. Apologies folks... there is a real piece of work who is SO jealous of this item, that he cannot even bear the fact that it is real... he is also a stool pigeon, as watch this auction disappear thanks to him. So may sour apples...how can a guy like that even enjoy even a simple Sunset? Can't |
xlsteve
Member Posts: 391
From: Holbrook MA, USA
Registered: Jul 2008
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posted 11-15-2010 09:03 AM
Um, wow. Robert, are you the "Mr. know-it-all" perhaps? I like his use of 'Circumnavigate.' It makes him sound like Magellan. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 11-15-2010 09:13 AM
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Originally posted by xlsteve:
Robert, are you the "Mr. know-it-all" perhaps?
No, I never contacted him (unless he was sent a link here and is commenting on my post). |
Steve Procter
Member Posts: 1031
From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK
Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 11-15-2010 01:43 PM
'He's a man, with a plan... got a counterfeit dollar in his hand' |
Spacepsycho
Member Posts: 818
From: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Registered: Aug 2004
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posted 11-15-2010 01:55 PM
I'm sorry to say I'm the "Know It All" who contacted this guy and his response was so over the top, as to be borderline insanity. This guys name is Jim, he emailed me saying he wanted to meet face to face so he could beat the $%&t out of me and left me his phone number so I could call him the next time I'm in Seattle. He rambled on about showing me some "northern justice" for my calling his auction a load of BS and a lame attempt to rip off an unsuspecting collector. At least now I have a good reason to go to Seattle. |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 11-15-2010 02:23 PM
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Originally posted by xlsteve:
I like his use of 'Circumnavigate.' It makes him sound like Magellan.
Just on a point of historical accuracy. Magellan didn't actually circumnavigate the globe. He died before the voyage was completed. Nevertheless, the analogy seems appropriate. |
Fezman92
Member Posts: 1031
From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 11-15-2010 02:25 PM
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Originally posted by Spacepsycho:
At least now I have a good reason to go to Seattle.
If you go to Seattle, visit the Museum of Flight. I was there many years ago. It's a great place. |
328KF
Member Posts: 1234
From:
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 11-17-2010 09:55 AM
And take Buzz with you...for protection!  |
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