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Museum Director Indicted for Stealing NASA Artifacts

Posted by timothy on from the life-imitates-monk dept.

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."

4 of 178 comments (clear)

  1. Shouldn't be hard to get it back by pr0t0 · · Score: 5, Funny



    I heard that NORAD tracks all kinds of space junk.

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  2. Re:Conversion? by TheViffer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Still $180,000.

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  3. An even more pressing question... by Mancat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who the hell would buy this crap? $180,000 for this junk?

    Oh, I must have that water valve! Jeeves, fetch me my coat and have the Rolls Royce ready!

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  4. Re:I used to work for this guy by Peldor · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Establish world class museum.
    2. ?????
    3. Profit!

    And so at long last, we know what secret lies behind the mysterious step 2: Secretly sell off all the good stuff!