Finding lost moon rocks is his mission: After NASA’s lunar voyages, the samples were given as goodwill souvenirs to states and nations. Many have gone missing. But an investigator’s on their trail.
TIL: “It is illegal for individuals, even astronauts, to own moon rocks.”
Photo: Joseph Gutheinz, a retired NASA investigator and self-appointed moon rock hunter, stands before the lunar samples vault at Space Center Houston. (James Nielsen / Houston Chronicle
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