NASA slammed for losing hundreds of moon rocks Butter-fingered admin work at NASA HQ has meant that hundreds of moon rocks, meteorites and cosmic dust samples have gone missing since the 1980s. A 4bn year old meteorite, currently still in NASA's possession, credit NASA A 4bn year old meteorite, currently still in NASA's possession Poor back-office work was blamed for …
So...over the course of 40 years, they lose 2% of samples and the recommendation is to spend large amounts of money on additional procedures? I suspect it will be significantly cheaper to ensure we return to the Moon somewhere in the next 1,000 years and replenish (1,000 years would see 50% loss at current rates).
You're running out of something you mined. Do you:
a)Go and mine some more.
b)Impose restrictions on those wishing to use it for the purpose intended.
I suppose we can argue that this is a museum charged with protecting it's exhibits and NASA could do both things. Sadly I suspect it won't and will just opt for (b).
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