Talk:Moon rock

message: It's actually only one picture, but maybe it could be incorporated into this article, none-the-less?:
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/AofEphotos.html
Alternatively, the link might prove useful if someone ever tried to create a list of where all known moon rock specimines are... TerraFrost 23:25, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Unfortunately thats got pretty crappy images... the first is way more on the stand than the stone... and the second one is largely distorted due to its embedding in plastic.  ALKIVAR™ 00:11, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More rock pictures 

message: Current information here indic that among the thieves of the lunar samples from JSC, McWhorter is described as a NASA intern. Best information indic that he met Thad Roberts in Salt Lake City and (McWhorter)was never a NASA intern.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.23.54.203 (talk) 06:37, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theft from JSC 

message: The BBC has an article at  - any suitable bad puns? Jackiespeel (talk) 16:06, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Fake rock

message: This was deleted from the talk page with no response--I was under the impression that statements on the talk page were not to be deleted unless with the contributing user's permission or if the statements are libelous or harassing in nature.
It seems like this article relies heavily on repeating information about the University of Phoenix's Moon Rock Program--any chance we could clean this up to be a little less repetitive? I understand that Gutheinz has the credentials to back up his research, but the article is starting to read like a propaganda piece for the university. Libbybees (talk) 19:11, 2 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  University of Phoenix 

message: It looks like this should be two articles to me: all the moon rock theft stuff could be split off to its own page?  What do others think? -- stillnotelf is invisible 18:59, 8 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thefts needs own page? 

message: This article says:
:Almost all lunar rocks are depleted in volatiles and are completely lacking in hydrated minerals common in Earth rocks.
Lunar water says:
:Water, and the chemically related hydroxyl group ( · OH), can also exist in forms chemically bound to lunar minerals (rather than as free water), and evidence strongly suggests that this is indeed the case in low concentrations over much of the Moon's surface.
Is there not some contradiction here? 86.128.4.93 (talk) 14:27, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction? 

message: We collected rocks from the Moon because they could tell us a story. 
What did rocks tell us about how the moon was formed and evolved?  
In the article we have the story about how the rocks were collected, which is good.
We lack the story about what we learned from those rocks.
Looking forward, when we return to the moon, how will moon rocks play into that future story?
Are the rocks strong or weak, hard or soft, easy or hard to shape?
Could we build structures out of moon rock?
Can moon rocks be processed into other usable forms?
Can oxygen be extracted from moon rocks?
All of which might merit a distinct article or articles, someday.
At the very least a mention is appropriate here.
We collected moon rocks to tell us a stories about the past and future.
What stories did they tell us?
Along the same vein, the "Classification" section is nearly impenetrable. 
Too much "what" and not enough "why". 
Good to know what was found.
Better if the article explained why each was interesting.
(How do we go about finding an expert on moon rock?)
pbannister (talk) 20:18, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with much of what you say; I don't know about "can we build with it" (verifiability), but certainly much is lacking here about the geological story. And it's not really too hard to find some; Andrew Chaikin's A Man on the Moon writes much about the geological significance of the findings of each Apollo mission, as determined in near "real time" as a team of geologists who trained the astronauts, monitored their explorations and interactively communicated with them (through the CAPCOMs) as to what specifically to collect. The samples found on Apollo 16, for example, shot down their theories about how that region was formed because the astronauts simply were not finding the type of rock they expected. JustinTime55 (talk) 21:45, 8 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: What story do they tell?