You are so morally superior to us, I encourage you to follow this link. You are in the wrong place.
I been here just a tad longer than you, newbie, and I have borne witness to much more serious crimes against the American people than "conspiring to steal" a piece of shuttle debris (which would include shuttle toilet paper, by your mark).
The prosecutors in this case are making poor examples out of these people, and I frankly begin to tire of this sort of grandstanding.