NASA Missing Hundreds of Moon Rocks 132
New submitter Minion of Eris writes "It seems NASA can't keep track of its goodies. A recent audit discovered that moon rocks have been missing for 30 years, loaned displays have gone unreturned, and book-keeping has been generally poor. From the article: 'In a report issued by the agency's inspector general on Thursday, NASA concedes that more than 500 pieces of moon rocks, meteorites, comet chunks and other space material were stolen or have been missing since 1970. That includes 218 moon samples that were stolen and later returned and about two dozen moon rocks and chunks of lunar soil that were reported lost last year. NASA, which has lent more than 26,000 samples, needs to keep better track of what is sent to researchers and museums, the report said. The lack of sufficient controls "increases the risk that these unique resources may be lost," the report concluded.'"
Not surprised (Score:4, Funny)
Cave Johnson (Score:4, Funny)
Nah, we learned that moon regolith is the perfect material for shooting a portal gun at. Quoth Cave Johnson:
Clearly that's where it all went.
Re:Very Rare Regolith Missing? (Score:2, Funny)
Why don't they just get ILM to make them some new ones?
I wouldn't worry too much about it (Score:4, Funny)
I'm sure there are billions and billions of moon rocks out there.