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FBI Arrests 4 College Interns For Stealing Lunar Materials

Posted by Hemos on Monday July 22, 2002 @10:31PM from the striking-a-blow-for-profits dept.

An anonymous reader "Today, the fourth member of a group of college interns working at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston turned herself in after being charged with conspiracy to steal government property. Click2Houston.com has an article with a video feed covering many details of the case. Apparently, three of the alleged theives went to Florida and tried to sell, online, the 5 oz. of moon rocks and meteorite material they lugged out of the JSC in a 600lb case. Here's another article from the Houston Chronicle."

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Re:Size matters... by Chicane-UK · 2002-07-23 00:13 · Score: 0, Flamebait

By professionals, I assume you mean the AC's who normally get in there and post :

a) An article explaining why Linux is dying..
b) A goatse.cx link..
c) THE OFFICIAL TACO-SNOTTING FAQ by poopbot.
d) Whatever else you can think of.

--
"Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!!"
Re:The "Moon": A Ridiculous Liberal Myth by kzinti · 2002-07-23 00:44 · Score: 1, Flamebait

OK, my first reaction was "What a fscking moron!"... but then I remember that the Slashdot Effect exceeded that poor guy's pathetic Tripod hourly bandwidth limit, and I realize maybe you haven't actually seen the photographic analysis at that site. So I'll be kind, withhold judgment, and I'll only say: wait until Brainsluice is back online, then go look at the pictures yourself. Then, if there's still any question in your mind about whether I'm serious, we'll have a real debate about taking one's pet issues (or one's self?) too seriously.

--Jim