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Gerry J. Wasserman, a visiting scholar in the earth and planetary sciences department, worked with Frondel on the lunar rocks project...
After coming into contact with lunar dust from Apollo 12, Frondel was quarantined for two weeks along with the astronauts because of fears that alien organisms might have infected them...
Wasserman said Frondel made reference to a ray gun possessed by a popular comic strip hero of the day to explain strange glass formations in the lunar rock samples, saying, “They’re zap craters, like in Buck Rogers...
...from prison inmates, according to The New York Times. In another shocking case, three students who worked at the Johnson Space Center in Houston stole a safe full of moon rocks. They were caught when they later tried to unload the illicit geology on the miniscule market for authentic lunar objects...
...there really money to be made on the moon? TransOrbital president Dennis Laurie believes the $20 million moon shot can generate $50 million in revenues by selling advertising (leave your business card on the moon for about $2,500), carrying scientific experiments and producing the most detailed lunar maps and videos ever. "Creating new industries on the moon is very cost-intensive," says Laurie, "so the key is finding ways that existing business translates effectively to the moon." The lack of a lunar atmosphere, for example, would add thousands of years to the life of data storage. And who knows...