[meteorite-list] NASA sues Moonwalker Astronaut

[Rich Jolly]

List,

This action by the government deeply disturbs me and I couldn't agree more with Martin.   I just used the 'email the president' web site (http://www.whitehouse.gov/CONTACT/) to send the note below to Mr. Obama.   On this 4th of July, I urge all the Americans out there to use this, or some similar method to contact the government to let them know how you feel about this issue.

Rich

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Mr. President,

I'm dismayed to read that NASA is suing Edgar Mitchell.   While I don't know all the facts of this situation, it is clear to me the government is seeing the trees, but missing the forest .    Is this how America treats *true* heroes?    It is certainly the message that is being sent to the world.    This man risked his life on this mission, and risked dying a slow death on the moon should his LEM engine fail, for the good of our country.   And this is how we repay that debt?   Is there something you can do to bring some justice and sensibility to this situation?

Respectfully, Richard Jolly

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From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Martin Altmann
Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 6:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NASA sues Moonwalker Astronaut

Indeed it is not so much a legal question, it is a question of decency.

Seems that a new generation was bred by NASA.
How disrespectful and ungrateful can you still be for that by all means truly heroic deeds the astronauts did for NASA and the nation, to molest them now at their old-age with such a petty and greedy idiocy!

I think, it's a question of reason and saving the face of that governmental spaceflight organization to remove these shameless rugrats, who had that brilliant idea, immediately from their jobs.

NASA was scrooge enough to them with their Moon rocks.

Meteorite people are different...
Look, here Mitchell receives a piece of Moon via Tim Heitz:
http://www.meteorman.org/Ed-Mitchell.htm


Best,
Martin



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Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von MexicoDoug
Gesendet: Montag, 4. Juli 2011 09:31
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http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90053154?U.S.%20government%20sues%20former%20astronaut%20over%20lunar%20camera#ixzz1R7PMDp3p

Dear list,

This is a very relevant case to meteorites and should not be taken 
lightly.

They're at it again ... rewriting history and after 40 years of NASA's 
permission to take mementos from the Apollo era - now suing the sixth 
man to walk on the moon, Edgar Mitchell of Apollo 11, for trying to 
sell the camera they allowed him to have ... the precedent, I suspect 
is the identical one to the dust on the tape, which didn't exist, but 
they are gunning for now.

Again, we are faced with the erosion of sensible property rights, a 
violation of traditional English and Roman law regarding the importance 
of possession IMO, in an effort to legislation effort from the bench at 
its finest (sarcasm). The question at hand: Can we apply today's 
standards retroactively to say NASA was wrong to allow astronauts to 
have things that were of no use to NASA at the time and with the full 
knowledge of NASA allowed to be kept by those involved. After 40 years 
of knowledge that the astronaut possessed this camera and other sundry 
things, it becomes a precedent, and NASA is even painting an American 
hero with a scarlet letter of "T" for "Thief"....

>From the article:

"During the Apollo mission era, Mitchell said he and other astronauts 
got permission to take mementos from the spacecrafts. "We have dozens 
of pieces. All of us who flew to the moon," he said in a Palm Beach 
Post report.

Mitchell’s lawyer, Donald Jacobson, said, "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."

The government is asking the court to order Mitchell to hand over the 
camera, and declare that it has "good, clean and exclusive title" to 
the piece of space history.


Best wishes
Doug
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