Fake 'moon rock' revealed by GinoBiffaroni

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Fake 'moon rock' revealed

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Friday, August 28, 2009 5:09 AM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8226075.stm

Fake Dutch 'moon rock' revealed
The piece of 'rock' supposedly brought back from the moon, seen in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 27 August 2009
The lump of 'moon rock' had been on display for decades

A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say.

It was given to former Prime Minister Willem Drees during a goodwill tour by the three Apollo-11 astronauts shortly after their moon mission in 1969.

When Mr Drees died, the rock went on display at the Amsterdam museum.

At one point it was insured for around $500,000 (£308,000), but tests have proved it was not the genuine article.

The Rijksmuseum, which is perhaps better known for paintings by artists such as Rembrandt, says it will keep the piece as a curiosity.

"It's a good story, with some questions that are still unanswered," Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw the investigation that proved the piece was a fake, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.

"We can laugh about it."

The "rock" had originally been been vetted through a phone call to Nasa, she added.

The US agency gave moon rocks to more than 100 countries following lunar missions in the 1970s.

US officials said they had no explanation for the Dutch discovery.

" I don't believe in hypothetical situations - it's kinda like lying to your brain "

" They don't hate America, they hate Americans " Homer Simpson

Lets party like its 1939

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Friday, August 28, 2009 8:34 AM

HERO

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Originally posted by GinoBiffaroni:
A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say.

Wood? How did wood end up on the moon?

And why is moon wood less valuable then moon rock? After all its the "moon" that makes something commonplace on earth that much more special.

Moonshine (so much better then earthshine), Moon pies (tasty), moon walk (Michael Jackson RIP), Atlantic Moonfish (fish from the first moon landing and released into the Atlantic), Full-Moon Maple (a moon tree, perhaps the source of the wood in question), Moonbeams (light from the moon), Moon-drop, Moon Shell (snails from the moon)

H

"Hero. I have come to respect you"- Chrisisall, 2009.

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Friday, August 28, 2009 9:18 AM

PIRATENEWS

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Wood? How did wood end up on the moon?

The Moon is obviously made of wood.

"I likes me some wood."
-Joss The Boss

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Friday, August 28, 2009 10:40 AM

HERO

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The Moon is obviously made of wood.

No, but your head is...and I can prove it.

Wood burns, PN's head burns. PN's head is made of wood.

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"Hero. I have come to respect you"- Chrisisall, 2009.

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