1. Time Travel Institute has been upgraded, courtesy of Mop's wallet and Cosmo's lack of social life! Feel free to explore the new features, one of us will post an announcement thread with a few highlights later tonight.

The far side of the moon.

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by servantx, Oct 18, 2012.

  1. servantx Member

    Question for scientific minded people:

    From my knowledge in the official NASA records that is shown to the public, until 2012, there were no moon landing ever existed on the far side of the moon.

    Where do they get a pair of lunar rocks, which claimed to be originated on far side of the Moon, has sold for a whopping $330,000 at a meteorite auction in New York?

    Source:
    Business Line : Features News : Moon rocks fetch $330,000 at meteorite auction


    The only story I can find about landing on the far side of the moon is the Apollo 19 and 20 mission, which was debunked by many as a hoax.

    So where and when did they get the far side moon rock?

  2. Darby Well-Known Member

    I dunno. It's possible that 1) the rock is so old that it is from the pre-geocentric rotational period or 2) it is ejecta from a meteor strike and found its way to the near side of the moon.

    Sure, it's also possible that it is all a hoax. I'm sure that Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon conspired to make a movie, never go to the moon and spend 100's of milions of 1960's - 1970's dollars while we needed every dollar we had to prosecute the war in Viet Nam for the purpose of... [ blank ]

    Please fill in the blank because I don't know what to place there.

    While you're at it explain why the "hoax" meterite is so valuable. Earth-bound meterites go for $3 to $1,000 a gram. A $300,000 meterorite would weigh anywhere from .6 pounds to 350+ pounds depending on the quality and scarcity of the class.

    Paying $300,000 for a meteroite is market driven. It's only worth what the next buyer is willing to pay.
  3. Gpa Member

    I'm not too sure about this story. All of the authentic moon rocks are Government property, with the exception of the "trinkets" sent out by Nixon, and they are not available for sale on the "open" market. A real moon rock is nearly priceless and would go for millions of dollars on black market auctions.
    That being said, Darby's statement of it being ejecta is most likely to be correct except that, the material landed on the Earth and was found here as a meteorite. I'm not a geologist so I must wonder also, "What is the difference between a far side or near side moon rock?" Here on Earth we don't have east side and west side rocks... do we?
  4. Einstein Active Member

    Gpa

    Don't forget about upside down rocks. They would be in a category all by themselves.

Share This Page