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Re:A computer engineer has tracked down the first Apollo gui... by MaulingMonkey on Saturday September 03, 2016 @02:55AM (#12418097)
> Why did the FBI come looking for it years later? Embarrassment?

I'd wager it has more to do with the... significant overlap between rocket guidance and long range missile guidance. Nothing to stir up a good panic like the thought of the latter ending up in North Korea's hands - how much good it'd actually do NK being entirely besides the point.

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Re:A computer engineer has tracked down the first Apollo gui... by chiph on Saturday September 03, 2016 @01:37PM (#12420134)
Probably just to determine if it was still US Government property.

After Apollo 11, President Nixon presented moon rock samples as gifts to various countries and states. Over 180 of them are now missing, and the FBI investigates people who are allegedly selling them (hint: they're usually fakes)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_and_missing_moon_rocks

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