Obamaville
NASA astronauts have said:
"NASA officials told them long ago they could keep certain equipment from the missions, and over the years collectors have paid millions for space items."
"Monday's meeting followed stories by The Associated Press and others last week on NASA raising questions about whether Apollo 13 commander James Lovell had the right to sell a 70-page checklist from Apollo 13, which received a bid at a November auction of more than $388,000. It is valuable because it contains Lovell's handwritten calculations considered key to navigating the crippled spacecraft back to Earth following an oxygen tank explosion."
"In a letter to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, NASA also questioned the ownership of two items from Apollo 9 astronaut Rusty Schweickart -- a lunar module identification plate and a hand controller -- and a glove worn by Alan Shepard during training for Apollo 14. Those also received sizable bids in the November auction."
"Mitchell and others have said they were given broad latitude in deciding which artifacts they could take home.
"Before he settled the camera lawsuit with NASA, Mitchell produced a 2002 letter from a former director at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston that appeared to back up their position. That letter, signed by retired director Christopher Kraft Jr., said that he approved a policy allowing Apollo astronauts to keep personal items that flew with them as well as anything from the lunar landing module that was abandoned on the moon anyway."
"It was generally accepted that the astronauts could bring back pieces of equipment or hardware from this spacecraft for a keepsake of these journeys," Kraft wrote.
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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/01/0...http://video.foxnews.com/v/1377349061001...On the following website NASA "Questions Sale of Apollo 13 Checklist".
It sold for $388,367.00.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...http://news.yahoo.com/jim-lovells-apollo...http://news.yahoo.com/nasa-inquiry-halts...http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-12..."The winning bidder for Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell's Lunar Module Activation Checklist, who Heritage Auction Galleries identified only as an "east coast collector," need not be worried about his or her $388,375 purchase. The flown 70-page, ring-bound book was sourced directly from the astronaut's personal collection and falls into a class of mission-used equipment that crew members were allowed to keep as souvenirs."
Not only has the Obama Presidency ENDED American Human Space Flight, Obama is trying to convert astronaut's personal property.
The administration has even filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (West Palm Beach), Civil Docket Number 9:11-cv-80751-DTKH, against one of the astronauts trying to get personal property returned.
This is Obamaville...spread the wealth around.