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LT4Ryan writes: "An article at CNN.com has news that rock hunters have discovered 5 new meteorites from the Red Planet. Apparently these rocks are quite valuable, grabbing $3,000 US per gram in Auctions."
"The pair hire nomads to search the desert for geological souvenirs from space. Mars rocks can fetch up to $3,000 per gram in auctions."
If I were a 'nomad' living in some underdeveloped country and somebody offered me that kind of money, you better believe I have Mars rocks, Moon rocks, alien bodies, eye witnesses to ufo encounters, craters and even magic beans!
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What, do you grind them up and snort them? Are mars rocks mother natures way of telling scientists you got too large a grant?
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"The pair hire nomads to search the desert for geological souvenirs from space. Mars rocks can fetch up to $3,000 per gram in auctions."
If I were a 'nomad' living in some underdeveloped country and somebody offered me that kind of money, you better believe I have Mars rocks, Moon rocks, alien bodies, eye witnesses to ufo encounters, craters and even magic beans!
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