Museum Director Indicted for Stealing NASA Artifacts

NBrooke271 writes "Max Ary, former Director of the Kansas Cosmosphere, has been hit with an eleven-count federal indictment, charging that he sold NASA space artifacts on loan to the museum, including an astronaut's in-flight T-shirt, a control panel from Air Force One and an Apollo 12 water valve for a personal profit of around $180,000. 'Mr. Ary, on behalf of the Cosmosphere, continued to sign documents reporting and verifying to NASA that the watch was still in its possession and collection,' said U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren. Ary currently serves as the Executive Director of Omniplex Science Museum in Oklahoma City, where he has taken a leave of absence. Read official statements from the Cosmosphere, the Omniplex, and Ary's attorney regarding the indictment."

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Re:I used to work for this guy

[Johnboi Waltune]

Yeah well, when I worked with him, I heard he was a neo-Nazi whose diet consisted mainly of live cats and dogs. My office was across the hall from his, and you wouldn't believe the noise of those poor animals being devoured while his Nazi propaganda music played at full volume.

This latest indictment comes as no surprise to me.