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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1985
Moonrock seeks space
By John Williams Of the Kansan staff
KU's moonrock is almost as unknown to the public now as it would be if it were still on the moon.
But that could change if the rock is put on permanent public display next year, the manager of the resource facility at the KU Space Technology Center said yesterday.
The rock is currently kept in a vault in the Spencer Research Library, and it has been on public display several times in the past six years, including the Kansas State Fair in 1979.
Lost waiters, manager of the resource facility, said he had had numerous discussions with the library about getting the 1-inch, coarse piece of moonrock put on permanent display at the Space Technology Center in Nichols Hall on West Campus.
"It will be good if we can get it out to the public," he said. "But it is going to take a considerable amount of effort to do it."
The problem, he said, is that the
rock is so small. The centerpiece of a display at the Johnson Space Center in Houston is a much larger moon-rock.
"The rock does not really relate itself to an exhibit," Walters said. "We'd have to put it with something to make it more meaningful to the public. That creates a problem."
The plastic-encapsulated rock was given to former Gov. Robert B. Docking by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in 1973. He gave the rock to the University along with his papers and mementos in 1975.
The rock was collected by Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan at the landing sight of Apollo 17 in the Sea of Serenity. The fragment weighs about 1 gram.
The samples were mounted on a plaque along with the flag of the nation or state. The flags were taken to the moon by Apollo 17.
The plaque bears the inscription: "This fragment is a portion of the rock from the Taurus Littrow Valley of the moon. It was a part of a larger rock composed of many particles of
different shapes and sizes, a symbol of the unity of human endeavor and mankind's hope for a future of peace and harmony.
"This flag of your state was carried to the moon aboard Spacecraft America during the Apollo XVII mission, December 7-19, 1972. Presented to the people of Kansas by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration."
W. R. Van Schmus, professor of geology and supervisor of the distribution of scientific samples from 1976 to 1979, said KU's moonrock was not outstanding and was rather ordinary.
He said the rock was representative of the main pulse of volcanic activity that took place on the moon from 3.7 billion to 3.9 billion years ago.
The moonrock is mostly basalt, which is formed from volcanic activity. Basalt is what gives the "seas" on the moon their dark color.
He said the rock probably was one of the first "grab" samples that the Apollo 17 astronauts made on their first moonwalks.
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