The Dutch Prove that there were Forests on the Moon!

[CalMeacham]

‘Moon rock’ in Dutch museum is just petrified wood

By TOBY STERLING, Associated Press Writer Toby Sterling, Associated Press Writer – Thu Aug 27, 11:35 am ET
AMSTERDAM – 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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090827/ap_on_re_eu/eu_netherlands_not_moon_rock

[Jragon]

That’s ridiculous…

We’ve clearly found another Earth that failed that the government isn’t telling us about.

[robardin]

Thanks a lot, you just cued up this clip in my mental movie jukebox:

(Presentation voiceover): “You may wonder: how can wood get so hard?”
Beavis & Butthead: Heh heh. Heh… Huh-huh. Huh.