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How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-maybe-not dept.

schwit1 submitted a story telling the strange tale of how in 2002, rogue NASA interns stole millions of dollars in moon rocks from a building designed not to let that happen. I'd suggest taking the whole thing with a little bit of salt.

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  1. Re:salt not required by The+Grim+Reefer2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'd suggest taking the whole thing with a little bit of salt.

    Isn't that what interns said... Minus the salt part.

  2. Re:This article is hoplessly wrong pulp fiction by jandrese · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think they just calculated the replacement cost.

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  3. Re:Blech by flyingsquid · · Score: 5, Funny
    particularly like the bit where the interns in question laid the moonrocks down and a mattress and screwed on top of them, thereby making the contamination of the spent samples even worse.

    In a related story, NASA announced a groundbreaking discovery today, with some startling implications. The good news is, they have discovered that the Moon supports microbial life. The bad news is, it's chlamydia.

  4. Re:This article is hoplessly wrong pulp fiction by Mursk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, presumably the rooms are at least 78% or so nitrogen filled. Maybe they just rounded up?

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