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NASA Sting Busts Woman Selling Purported Moon Rock

Posted by timothy on from the it's-her-perfect-right dept.

sgcxf949 writes "Woman attempts to sell a moon rock and gets busted by NASA. Who would have thought that NASA had undercover agents?" Evidently not the subject of this story, who offered to trade her sample of alleged lunar rock for $1.7 million.

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  1. Well, obviously it's fake. by Radak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eh NASA? wink wink, nudge nudge.

  2. Re:Moon Shoes by Z00L00K · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Any buyer paying $1.7 million for a piece of rock that's supposed to be from the moon, but not sold by NASA probably deserves to part with that money.

    B.t.w. as far as I know none of the material collected from the moon is for sale.

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  3. Re:How do you steal moon rock? by The+Archon+V2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hm, shouln't NASA be helt accountable for the moon rocks THEY originally STOLE from the moon then?

    They were going to be, but the lunar ambassadors sent to negotiate reparations were blown up by the Boston police department soon after they landed.

  4. Re:How do you steal moon rock? by santax · · Score: 4, Informative

    RTFA! Sjezus. NASA previous shipped the rocks via mail. It got stolen. They are still searching for those missing parts since it had cost them about 50.000 per gram to get the rock here.