NASA's Giving Out Moon Rocks!

[Tuckerfan]

But you’ve got to be famous to get them. :rolleyes:

Apollo 17 Commander Eugene Cernan today received NASA’s first Ambassador of Exploration Award during the Naval Aviation Symposium at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla. The award, which features a piece of moon rock, will remain on display at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.

In a letter read to Cernan at today’s symposium, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin wrote, “Your outstanding service on three space missions, including two Apollo voyages to the moon, and your challenge to America’s youth to ‘take us back out there where we belong,’ have demonstrated the essence of what our Ambassador of Exploration Awards are all about.”

Oh, yeah, like he didn’t smuggle any back for himself when he was there. :mad:

Rassin’ frassin’ astronauts havin’ all the fun, and hogging all the moon rocks for themselves.