Why is it illegal to sell moon rocks?

It is not illegal to sell a moon rock. You cannot sell what you don't own. That's the crime. No individuals own rocks brought back from the moon landings. The US and USSR (now Russia) consider those rocks to be National Treasures and continue to assert their ownership thereof. read more

It is not illegal to sell a moon rock. You cannot sell what you don’t own. That’s the crime. No individuals own rocks brought back from the moon landings. The US and USSR (now Russia) consider those rocks to be National Treasures and continue to assert their ownership thereof. read more

Possession of Moon rocks is NOT illegal. There are only two sources of authentic Moon rocks. Those collected by the Apollo missions and the Soviet return missions are restricted to scientific study and cannot be obtained by individuals legally. read more

Mr. Ian Sheffield claims to have not one, but two dust samples of the Moon. read more