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Moon rock is fake; conspiracy theorists rejoice

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It's not green cheese, but it might as well be.

The Dutch national museum said Thursday that one of its prized possessions, a rock supposedly brought back from the moon by U.S. astronauts, is just a piece of petrified wood.

Rijksmuseum spokeswoman Xandra van Gelder, who oversaw the investigation that proved the piece was a fake, said the museum will keep it anyway as a curiosity.

"It's a good story, with some questions that are still unanswered," she said. "We can laugh about it."

The museum acquired the rock after the death of former prime minister Willem Drees in 1988. Drees received it as a private gift on Oct. 9, 1969 from then-U.S. ambassador J. William Middendorf during a visit by the three Apollo 11 astronauts, part of their "Giant Leap" goodwill tour after the first moon landing.

Middendorf, who lives in Rhode Island, told Dutch NOS news that he had gotten it from the U.S. State Department, but couldn't recall the exact details.

The U.S. Embassy in the Hague said it was investigating the matter.

The museum had vetted the moon rock early on by checking with NASA, Van Gelder said.

She said the space agency told the museum then that it was possible the country had received a rock: NASA gave moon rocks to more than 100 countries in the early 1970s, but those were from later missions.

"Apparently no one thought to doubt it, since it came from the prime minister's collection," Van Gelder said.

The rock is not usually on display; the museum is primarily known for its paintings and other works of fine art by masters such as Rembrandt.

It was on show in 2006 and a space expert informed the museum it was unlikely NASA would have given away any moon rocks three months after Apollo returned to Earth.

Researchers from Amsterdam's Free University said they could see at a glance the rock was not from the moon.

"It's a nondescript, pretty-much-worthless stone," Geologist Frank Beunk said in an article published by the museum.

He said it was worth no more than $50 CAD.
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http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090827/koddities/eu_netherlands_not_moon_rock_1
 
Isn't it obvious? If that Moon rock was petrified wood, then there are obviously Moon trees.
 
Yeah, I think they just proved that Life existed on the moon millions of years ago (lol)
 
Petrefied wood? So nobody has been to the moon yet? I still have a goal then! Seriously though if so then some explaining is needed,
 
They obviously found the remnants of the old Moon Kingdom. Good for them.
 
Doesn't that only prove, though, that the US gave them a cheap knock-off?
 
Dewgong Rain said:
"IT"S DEOXYS!"

"No, it's just a dead Sudowoodo."

xD
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WIN

Also why the hell would the US give the Dutch some fo the moon rock THEY spent so much moneys getting ... the dutch would only smoke it anyway
 
Considering it's not one of the rocks the US currently has... yeah. Not like this proves anything but that we're not about to hand out stuff we spent billions getting. Get your own damn space program, Europe.

I do wonder how the hell it happened. Maybe just miscommunication, or the guy was supposed to get a moon rock and the US ambassador couldn't arrange for it so gave him part of the petrified forest in Arizona instead, forgetting to tell... maybe on purpose.
 
Yeah... I find it funny they actually believed it was legit, and that it took this long to get them to realize its fake.
 
"Love is a lie, son- just like the moon landings." Lol, Psydad, and half the conspiracy theorists who are hiding with the dudes who think Elvis is still alive X.x
 
TTEchidna said:
Considering it's not one of the rocks the US currently has... yeah. Not like this proves anything but that we're not about to hand out stuff we spent billions getting. Get your own damn space program, Europe.

I do wonder how the hell it happened. Maybe just miscommunication, or the guy was supposed to get a moon rock and the US ambassador couldn't arrange for it so gave him part of the petrified forest in Arizona instead, forgetting to tell... maybe on purpose.
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Or... Maybe they were given a real one and it was stolen and replaced by some crazy person and they never noticed...
 
CONSPIRACY THEORIES.

If only i was still in AP US History. This would be an awesome topic. o_o
 
Ryuutakesh! said:
Yeah... I find it funny they actually believed it was legit, and that it took this long to get them to realize its fake.
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Lol, I can't wait til another country check's out their space samples from the US and finds out that it's Coo Coo Crispies or something.

TheProphetJerematic said:
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Also why the hell would the US give the Dutch some fo the moon rock THEY spent so much moneys getting ... the dutch would only smoke it anyway
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This whole topic is win, so many laughs from so little words
 
This is definately why they should do research on something claimed to be from space before they put it on display for all to see. Well at least it was in the hearts of many as the great moon rock from the moon! But now it is just a fake. I wonder how the owner iis feeling right now.
 
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