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Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-piece-of-junk-for-a-man-one-saved-treasure-for-mankind dept.

An anonymous reader writes: On Tuesday, Slashdot users learned that a man in Alabama sold a lunar rover prototype for scrap metal. We now learn that the junkyard owner has saved this important piece of scientific history. The man claims that, upon receiving the prototype at his scrap facility, he set it aside because he knew exactly what it was.

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  1. After which it was taken to Las Vegas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where Rick offered 500 bucks for it, Big Hoss asked whether the moon landing was faked, the old man mentioned the Navy and Chum sat on it.

  2. Re: On Monday by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    whooooosshh. You must be from Mississippi.

  3. Re: On Monday by PopeRatzo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Weren't you recently complaining in another thread about people posting sexist/racist comments?

    Did I post a sexist/racist comment? Last time I looked, there were people of all races and sexes in Alabama. And most of them are related by blood.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.
  4. Re: On Monday by amiga3D · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've always wondered. If a couple in Alabama get a divorce, are they still brother and sister?

  5. Re:Why did NASA lie about it being destroyed? by 91degrees · · Score: 3, Funny

    True. When you bake everything at 1400K, your ceramics come out nicely but cakes tend to get a little burnt.

  6. Re:Typical Liberal boondoggle by oh_my_080980980 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dude, you're not suppose to drink the bong water....