Lunar rocks are a controlled substance – Boing Boing

Whoa!  That shit was dope!  I gettin’ some hellish visuals.

US law forbids private citizens from possessing any of the 842 pounds of moon rocks collected by astronauts and brought back to Earth.

Nevertheless, the allure of moon rocks is strong enough to have created a black market where moon rock fragments and dust are sold for astronomical prices.

via Lunar rocks are a controlled substance – Boing Boing.

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