Astronauts, artifacts and the law
Thursday, September 27, 2012 14:50
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Mercury, Gemini and Apollo astronauts can keep, sell or donate the equipment they received from their missions, without any further challenge from NASA, thanks to a new law. President Barack Obama signed the bill on Tuesday, conferring “full ownership rights” to the nation’s early space pioneers and moon voyagers over the artifacts they saved as souvenirs.
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