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A cheap piece of space history.(A CLOSER LOOK)(www.collectspace.com)(Brief article)
There is a relatively low-end way for people to own something that went to the moon. When Apollo 11 came back, the government took some of the junk from the flight, including a latch from a box carrying moon rocks, and minted 200,000 medallions (not to be confused with Robbins medallions; see lead story). Some were used as a gift to people peripherally involved in the project, but others were ...
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