Davoud:
And there are some legal bits of the moon floating around -- returned
by Russian spacecraft. These bits are not the property of the U.S.
government.

Ed Majden
I don't recal any Russian lunar sample missions!

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Of course not -- you're too young. Luna 16, launched 19700912, Luna 20,
launched 19720214, and Luna 24, launched 19760809, all returned soil
and rock samples from the moon. See
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/SIC/moon/table_missions.html, e.g.

Davoud

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