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Government sues Apollo 14 astronaut over lunar camera (Edgar Mitchell)
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| 6/30/11
| Terry Baynes - Reuters
Posted on 06/30/2011 2:41:09 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
I suppose the golf club used by Alan Shepard during the Apollo 14 missionalso belongs to NASA, (although it was last seen in Obummer’s flog bag!)
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:00:21 PM PDT
by
Young Werther
("Quae cum ita sunt" Since these things are so!)
To: Oldpuppymax
"Mitchell should just claim to be in the country illegally"
I tried that once during a traffic stop. DO NOT EVER DO IT! My spanish was fine. He refused to even look at my driver's information. It turns out that cops peer review each others shift reports and tickets and such. The registration showed me as the owner and one of the other cops made the officer a laughing stock of the day. My daughter and I were both arrested at home and fined big-time for interfering with a public official in the course of their duties.
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:06:35 PM PDT
by
blackdog
(The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
To: isthisnickcool
Well, I guess possession is nine points of the law. It seems odd that the current NASA would have so many eyes and ears in so many places to insure that no old astronaut retains possession of anything from their era. Perhaps somebody in NASA back then gave it to him as a legitimate show of respect. - I guess Michelle needs the money for pin money on her numerous vacations. $80,000 would buy a lot of french fries and fat bread. It would also go a long way in Muslim outreach that is now NASA’s stated reason for existing according to Obama.
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:07:19 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
(For whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Romans 10:13)
To: JoeProBono
Amazing. I’d like to know how many and what improvements were made to the spacesuits between the first and last missions.
To: NormsRevenge
and prolly built 20 miles from here in Horseheads...
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:10:34 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:12:10 PM PDT
by
Doulos1
(Bitter Clinger Forever!)
To: Chode
i take that back... they stopped making them at Apollo 12
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:13:17 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: NormsRevenge
To: NormsRevenge
The sixth person to walk on the moon, Mitchell is now retired and runs a website selling his autographed picture. Dude walked on the freakin' Moon!
Not too many people can say that. (Well, not *honestly*.)
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:16:46 PM PDT
by
Tanniker Smith
(I didn't know she was a liberal when I married her.)
To: Chode
i take that back again... i was right the first time, Apollo 14 was their last flight then it went to RCA
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:19:24 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Mitchells lawyer, Donald Jacobson, said NASA management was aware of and approved Mitchells ownership of the camera 40 years ago. Objects from the lunar trips to the moon were ultimately mounted and then presented to the astronauts as a gift after they had helped NASA on a mission, Jacobson said.
I've been involved in discussions of this sort of thing before (aerospace history is my major hobby). My recollection of the situation is that the Apollo astronauts were given items from their missions with the express stipulation that they could be kept, displayed, and passed on to spouses and descendants (possibly close relatives). But NOT sold. I think there were also similar limitations on the astronauts' personal kit - personal items that they were permitted to take up on flights.
To: NormsRevenge
Let him Keep the Camera, he earned it!
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:22:21 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
( November 4 2008 ,A date that will live in Infamy.)
To: Loud Mime
Maybe NASA wants it so they can give to iman for their outreach program....
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:25:30 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: tanknetter
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Does an aging astronaut really want to die having the American people think he five finger discounted tax payers property.
To: NormsRevenge
Side note: I recall reading a couple years ago that the computer data tapes that NASA used for their moon launches were re-used for personnel records. This was discovered when NASA was investigating the potential return to the moon.
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:32:32 PM PDT
by
theDentist
(fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
To: org.whodat
How many people, especially those alive at the time or knowledgeable about the lunar missions, would begrudge an elderly hero an obsolete piece of memorabilia that he risked his life for?
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:35:13 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(I'll raise $2million for Gov. Sarah Palin. What'll you do?)
To: blackdog
Now that’s funny....not then I presume but ....now.
Lmao.... Thanks for sharing that story with us.
Stay Safe...
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:36:30 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Objects from the lunar trips to the moon were ultimately mounted and then presented to the astronauts as a gift after they had helped NASA on a mission, Jacobson said.
That changes the story more than just slightly.
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:41:48 PM PDT
by
Cyman
To: blackdog
"I tried that once during a traffic stop. (stating you were illegal)"
you might have done a little more research before you did something like that.
1. an illegal can not get a drivers license
2. some states illegals can get registration. Tennessee can not.
3. The plate would match up to your name.
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posted on
06/30/2011 3:46:36 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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