Apollo Lunar GENESIS ROCK Replica+Meteorite Scale Cube
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This is a 1:1 scale replica of NASA's Apollo 15 Lunar Sample #15415 "Genesis Rock." A simple display case is included free, as a rudimentary starter. This high work intensive piece is made using actual terrestrial anorthosite and is not painted. The gray area is a coating of actual, genuine NASA produced, lunar soil/Moon dust replicant. The moon soil replicant was commissioned by NASA for test and development of new equipment and vehicles for the new Constellation/Orion Lunar exploration program, to send humans back to the surface of the Moon. NASA ordered that the Lunar dust be of exact composition, texture and color of that which was brought back during the Apollo missions. This is the substance which encrusts the gray areas of this replica. NASA employees, researchers, educators and public displayers may submit an offer, explaining request criterion or contact . No charge for Apollo astronauts or back-up crews. The actual Genesis Rock itself was composed of unbrecciated anorthosite, and was just what Astronauts James B. Irwin and David R. Scott (Command Module Pilot Al Worden) were looking for along Hadley Rille as they traversed the Lunar surface in their Lunar Roving Vehicle. It was named Genesis Rock by the press, as it is among the oldest rock samples ever discovered anyw, dating back to the origins of the solar system.
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