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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

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To: Liberty Valance
That's surprising. Any true rockhound could tell you that that is no moon rock, let alone a geologist.

It is red, with organic looking serrations.Moon rocks are all igneous (lava) and generally gray in color.

21 posted on 08/27/2009 1:40:04 PM PDT by Wiseghy ( ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE $4 TRILLION DOLLARS AGO?)
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To: Liberty Valance

Uh oh, I’m starting to think the moon rock arrowhead given to me by one of the Apollo astronauts isn’t really from the moon.


22 posted on 08/27/2009 1:43:24 PM PDT by KingLudd
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To: Man50D
There’s wood on the moon?

Of course. What do you think the whalers make their harpoons from?

(unfortunately, I wasn't able to find a good link to a video of "Whalers on the Moon" from Futurama in the minimal research I was able to do during lunch time)

23 posted on 08/27/2009 1:50:37 PM PDT by Vroomfondel
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To: KingLudd

ROFL!


24 posted on 08/27/2009 2:07:41 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: davisfh
This proves that the Moon was once forested and probably supported a humanoid population.

Until global warming killed them all off and turned the moon into an arid wasteland.

It is all Bush's fault. Bush and those damned SUVs.

Women and minorities hardest hit.

25 posted on 08/27/2009 2:36:36 PM PDT by kennedy (I'm a Kennedy with no experience or qualifications too! Where do I sign up for MY Senate seat?)
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To: Liberty Valance; KevinDavis; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

File under Roo, the old switche-! Looks like someone grabbed the original and put this fake in its place, maybe many years ago, and no one had noticed until now. Spectacular!


26 posted on 08/27/2009 4:40:08 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Liberty Valance; SunkenCiv

That doesn’t look like any other moon rock I’ve seen. Why did it take forty years for somebody to notice?

As a kid, I also remember a picture in the newspaper showing some NASA officials in Taiwan with a box of moon rocks, given as a present to Chiang Kai-shek. Maybe we ought to check and make sure those rocks are authentic, too.


27 posted on 08/27/2009 5:38:23 PM PDT by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Ah-Haaah! Now that sounds entirely plausible.
28 posted on 08/27/2009 5:42:11 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Liberty Valance

Of the 6 Apollo missions that landed on the moon Apollo 11 spent the least time and collected the least amount of lunar material. Each subsequent one I think spent more time on the moon and collected more so Apollo 17 rocks should be the most numerous.


29 posted on 08/27/2009 6:02:14 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Liberty Valance

I once heard that the moon was loaded with energy potential. Is there any truth to that? Does anyone know?


30 posted on 12/01/2009 1:01:00 AM PST by Bellflower (If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
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