Space cowboys
First, NASA has a SWAT team? Next, doesn’t the government have anything better to do than putting on flak jackets, storming a Denny’s and harassing a grandmother trying to raise money for her sick son?
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October 24th, 2011 at 9:11 am
Well, yes, NASA has a tactical team for security at their big facilities. So does the Department of Energy out at Oak Ridge.
Fetching moon dirt from California is a little outside their normal operating environment…
October 24th, 2011 at 10:42 am
The space shuttle was a very big target for Spetsnaz back in the day. Possessing moon rocks is a federal felony.
October 24th, 2011 at 11:11 am
I’ll go out on a limb and state that not one milli-ounce of Moon Rock has ever been on a space shuttle.
If you make your moondust into jewelry, is there an exemption, like there was for that other felony element?
October 24th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
comatus: All of the retrieved moonrocks are federal property under US law.
Any of the rocks that were loaned to foreign governments and then sold without permission will be seized if they re-appear in the US.
If someone brings some back with a private moon shot, then there will probably be a court fight over it.