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'Moon rock' in Dutch museum is just petrified wood (oops)
McAllen Monitor ^
| August 27, 2009
| The Associated Press
Posted on 08/27/2009 12:47:29 PM PDT by Liberty Valance
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- It's not green cheese, but it might as well be.
The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.
Rijksmuseum spokeswoman Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw the investigation that proved the piece was a fake, said the museum will keep it anyway as a curiosity.
"It's a good story, with some questions that are still unanswered," she said. "We can laugh about it."
The museum acquired the rock after the death of former Prime Minister Willem Drees in 1988. Drees received it as a private gift on Oct. 9, 1969 from then-U.S. ambassador J. William Middendorf during a visit by the three Apollo 11 astronauts, part of their "Giant Leap" goodwill tour after the first moon landing.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; History; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: amsterdam; godgunsguts; moonrock; museum; netherlands; notmoonrock; oops; science; souvenirs
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I wonder how many others out there aren't real?
To: Liberty Valance
There’s wood on the moon?
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:48:40 PM PDT
by
Man50D
(Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! FairTaxNation.com)
To: KevinDavis
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:48:47 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Liberty Valance
So our astronauts were giving out fake moon rocks?
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:50:31 PM PDT
by
jaydubya2
To: Liberty Valance
Meanwhile somewhere deep in the basement of a Dutch museum a moon rock sits mislabeled.
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:51:13 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: jaydubya2
So our astronauts were giving out fake moon rocks?
No. But it seems our Ambassador to the Netherlands in 1969 was.
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:52:01 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Liberty Valance; GodGunsGuts
Probably a chunk of Noah’s Ark!
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:52:43 PM PDT
by
headsonpikes
(Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism.)
To: cripplecreek
LOL! I suppose thats possible.
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:53:24 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Liberty Valance
A lot of the moon rocks that were distributed internationally, have gone missing over the years.
Probably a black market out there for high priced collectors.
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:54:11 PM PDT
by
JerseyJohn61
(Better Late Than Never.......sometimes over lapping is worth the effort....)
To: Liberty Valance
Just wait ‘til the muslims find out their “moon rock” is a giant coprolite...
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:55:28 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(The emperor has no pedigree.)
To: Liberty Valance
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:55:49 PM PDT
by
Sparko
(Obama & czars: castrating Congress, perverting the Constitution, and emptying our wallets)
To: Hegemony Cricket
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:56:22 PM PDT
by
Sparko
(Obama & czars: castrating Congress, perverting the Constitution, and emptying our wallets)
To: headsonpikes
Real moon rocks from the Apollo 11 landing...
Small rock fragments from the lunar "soil" collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969. The background grid spacing is 2 mm. (Credit: Photo by Randy Korotev)
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:57:56 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Liberty Valance
Uh-oh. The conspiracy will grow from this (that the astronauts really didn’t land on the moon).
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:58:04 PM PDT
by
DallasDeb
(USAFA '06 Mom)
To: Liberty Valance
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:59:47 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Sparko
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posted on
08/27/2009 12:59:53 PM PDT
by
Hegemony Cricket
(The emperor has no pedigree.)
To: Liberty Valance
received it as a private gift on Oct. 9, 1969 from then-U.S. ambassador J. William MiddendorfOh uh... he was a Republican... let's watch the media make a big deal about this...
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posted on
08/27/2009 1:02:58 PM PDT
by
John123
(My Definition of Liberals - Folks who validates their existence by calling someone a racist.)
To: John123
Oh uh... he was a Republican... let's watch the media make a big deal about this...
LOL - and not just any Republican. He was appointed by NIXON! ;o)
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posted on
08/27/2009 1:07:16 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Liberty Valance
Wow some of those rocks look just like 3/4 that would be used for foundations. Looks like a shiny black marble on the left side. Five right and three down.
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posted on
08/27/2009 1:17:25 PM PDT
by
TBall
To: Man50D
"There’s wood on the moon?" Yes! This proves that the Moon was once forested and probably supported a humanoid population. See? We told you so!
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posted on
08/27/2009 1:32:58 PM PDT
by
davisfh
( Islam is a very serious mental and social illness)
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