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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. It's fake by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Compare the photos:

    http://motherboard.vice.com/read/someone-in-alabama-sold-a-priceless-lunar-rover-for-scrap-metal
    http://motherboard.vice.com/read/heroic-junkyard-owner-says-he-saved-priceless-moon-rover-from-scrap-heap

    The 'original' had many more holes in the wheels, and the curvature does not match many parts of the vehicle

    bottom line: More NASA lies (which stands for Never A Straight Answer)

    more proof we never landed

  2. Re: On Monday by PopeRatzo · · Score: 0, Troll

    That reminds me: You know why the US gov't settled Werner Von Braun in Alabama? 'Cause they figured a Nazi would blend right in.

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    You are welcome on my lawn.