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Inside the vault: A rare glimpse of NASA’s otherworldly treasures

_Tombstone_ · 2016-01-16 03:02:45

Article about NASA vault with Moon Rocks, Meteorites, Comet Dust, Sun particiles from the Genesis mission from 10+ years ago. http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/inside-the-vault-a-rare-glimpse-of-nasas-otherworldly-treasures/1/

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Article about NASA vault with Moon Rocks, Meteorites, Comet Dust, Sun particiles from the Genesis mission from 10+ years ago.

When Buzz Aldrin visited this lab, he threw a bit of a fit when told even he couldn’t hold a rock he collected on the Moon's surface. Eventually Aldrin got his way, but we aren’t, alas, Apollo astronauts. As for a sample to take home, that’s an honor accorded only to sovereign countries.

http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/inside-the-vault-a-rare-glimpse-of-nasas-otherworldly-treasures/1/

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