Apollo 17 lunar sample display

Short description: Moon rock fragment

Norway's lunar sample display

The Apollo 17 lunar sample display consists of a Moon rock fragment from a lava Moon stone identified as lunar basalt 70017, the recipient's flag and two small metal plates attached with descriptive messages. A goodwill gift from the Apollo 17 mission was then given by President Richard Nixon in the form of a wooden commemorative plaque display to all fifty U.S. states and U.S. territories, and 135 nations worldwide.

## Contents

* 1 Collection
* 2 Description
* 3 Fate
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 Further reading

## Collection

Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt ended their walk on the Moon in 1972 with a dedication to the young people of Earth and a desire that all "live in peace and harmony in the future".[1] They expressed hope that distribution of pieces of the rock they had collected would bring this worldwide peace and goodwill.[1]

## Description

Template:Apollo 17 lunar sample display They were presented with a letter from Nixon, stating that:[1]

> "... as we stretch for the stars, we know that we stand also upon the shoulders of many men of many nations here on our own planet. In the deepest sense our exploration of the moon was truly an international effort.

> It is for this reason that, on behalf of the people of the United States I present this flag, which was carried to the moon, to the State, and its fragment of the moon obtained during the final lunar mission of the Apollo program.

> If people of many nations can act together to achieve the dreams of humanity in space, then surely we can act together to accomplish humanity's dream of peace here on earth. It was in this spirit that the United States of America went to the moon, and it is in this spirit that we look forward to sharing what we have done and what we have learned with all mankind."

## Fate

The New York Times reported in 2012 that gifts of moon rocks were not well tracked or managed by NASA.[2] Within the US, public gifts require legislation to be transferred, but other nations set their own laws.[3] Some samples of lunar dust soil from the earlier Apollo 11 and samples from the Apollo 17 missions have been reported missing.[1][3] Since 2005 entities and people have made concerted efforts to find the displays.[4][5][6] Joseph Gutheinz, a former NASA Office of Inspector General special agent and a professor[7] who teaches an online course at the University of Phoenix,[8] had his students try to locate the displays. Robert Pearlman of collectSPACE has also tracked the displays.[1][3]

* Alabama display

* Georgia display

* Massachusetts display

* United Kingdom display

* Indiana display

* New Hampshire display

* Austria display

* Arizona display

* Colorado display

* Rhode Island display

* Tennessee display

* Sweden display

## See also

* Apollo 11 lunar sample display
* List of Apollo lunar sample displays

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `moon rocks Apollo 17`
2. ↑ Fernandez, Manny (January 21, 2012). "NASA Searches for Loot That Traveled From Space to Another Void". The New York Times (Houston, Texas). https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/science/space/nasa-tackles-problem-of-missing-moon-rocks.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pearlman, Robert. "Where today are the Apollo 11 goodwill lunar sample displays?". CollectSPACE. http://www.collectspace.com/resources/moonrocks_apollo11.html.
4. ↑ "Houston lawyer on quest for missing moon rocks". Associated Press. Buffalo, Texas. May 14, 2012. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/05/14/houston-lawyer-on-quest-to-find-missing-moon-rocks/.
5. ↑ "Customs agents seize 4 billion year old moon rock". CNN. December 7, 1998. http://www.cnn.com/US/9812/07/moon.rock.
6. ↑ Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (February 7, 2012). "Finding lost moon rocks is his mission". Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2012-feb-07-la-na-moon-rock-20120208-story.html.
7. ↑ "One man's quest to find missing moon rocks". Detroit Free Press (Buffalo, Texas). 2012-05-14. http://article.wn.com/view/2012/05/14/One_mans_quest_to_find_missing_moon_rocks/.
8. ↑ Silvey, Janese (July 8, 2010). "Moon rock discovery a false alarm: Apollo 17 keepsake still missing after all.". Columbia Daily Tribune. Archived from the original on March 21, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120321165650/http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/jul/08/moon-rock-discovery-a-false-alarm/. Retrieved November 4, 2012.

## Further reading

* Millett, Lucy (September 17, 2009). "Moon rocks went missing around the world". Cyprus: Cyprus Mail. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Moon+rocks+went+missing+around+the+world.-a0207912718.

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