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Alabama Man Sold a Priceless Apollo-Era Lunar Rover Protoype For Scrap Metal (vice.com)

Posted by Soulskill on from the must-be-related-to-florida-man dept.

Jason Koebler writes: An Alabama man allowed an Apollo-era lunar rover prototype to rot in his backyard before ultimately selling it to a junkyard for scrap metal last year, according to documents acquired from NASA as part of a Freedom of Information Act request. NASA spent much of 2014 attempting to acquire the priceless artifact for display in a museum, but it was ultimately destroyed before the agency could recover it.

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  1. one joke, one explaination by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. up on blocks.
    2. Huntsville.

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  2. More relevant title by Rurik · · Score: 5, Insightful

    NASA Agency Bureaucracy Lets Historic Antique Slip From Their Fingers

    If it didn't take them six months to reach out... Even a quick call "Hey, this is NASA. We heard you have one of our rovers. Could we just send someone over to verify?"

  3. Re:He probably has a grudge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You think it's funny to laugh about the 'ignorant' Alabama-man because it is easier than wrapping your brain around the fact that Alabama put man on the moon.

  4. no you didn't by publiclurker · · Score: 5, Funny

    America put a man on the moon, we just used your real estate so if anything went wrong, nothing important would be damaged.