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For sale: Apollo 11 moon dust

For sale: Apollo 11 moon dust

Thanks to an unusual series of events, this will be the first time moon dust verified by NASA has been sold legally.

Recode Daily

April 12, 20229m 15s

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Show Notes

A tiny sample of dust collected by Neil Armstrong will go up for auction tomorrow. And thanks to an unusual series of events, this will be the first time moon dust verified by NASA has been sold legally. Recode’s Rebecca Heilweil explains. 

Read Rebecca’s story: https://www.vox.com/recode/23003221/nasa-apollo-11-auction-moon-dust

Today’s episode was produced by Taylor Maycan, engineered by Jon Ehrens and hosted by Rani Molla. Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts

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