Charlie Duke holding the Apollo 16 Lunar Scoop

I just received the Apollo 16 rock scoop, brought back from the Moon, and saved by LM Pilot Charlie Duke for 50 years.
“We decided that this would be a great souvenir to bring back. This is the most important and rarest item that was brought back from the Moon.” - from this video, with archival footage of the scoop in use, including the support it provided to bring back the largest moon rock collected throughout the entire Apollo program.
He carried this scoop on the Lunar Rover and used it extensively to dig, trench and collect lunar rock samples across the lunar surface for three days. I started my space collection with a focus on Apollo 16, and this is an incredible addition.
When I started collecting, it was a bit ambiguous as to the proper ownership of these critical Apollo mission artifacts, smuggled back from the Moon, contrary to protocol, and left in the possession of the Apollo astronauts. It took an act of Congress, during the Obama Administration, to establish that they belong to the astronauts, free and clear. I have since collected a piece of every lunar module that has been on the surface of the moon, all of which were meant to be left behind to be lost forever. But on every mission, the astronauts decided to bring back meaningful mementos from these heroic machines, transfer them through the hatch to the Command Module with the moon rocks, and bring them back to Earth, to keep them as significant memories of their mission for the rest of their lives.
Duke is one of only four moon walkers still alive. I will be visiting him to talk about the flown Apollo 16 artifacts that I have collected (EVA1 Cuff Checklist, LM COAS, A7L Spacesuit Bioharness, moon rock manifest sheet, PPK, utility light cord, LM orbit monitor chart and other flown documents) to add his stories to the curation of their heroic past.
What questions would you suggest that I ask him?

[@M1_159]

Thank you for preserving history with a passion! Have a wonderful Saturday morning, Steve. Love always.

[@Dolores5000]

Thank you Charlie

[@alexjohnward]

Does he have a moon watch? You have an incredible item there!!!!!!!

[@edsmith6464]

Scoop sold for $874,998 at auction

[@wmtrader]

What was NASA's policy on taking souvenirs?
How did NASA assign ownership of souvenirs taken from Apollo missions? (how did NASA decide/approve of who got what)
Did NASA ever take an astronaut's souvenir and donate it to a museum? (if so which museum got it)
What was the most significant souvenir taken by an astronaut? (where is that souvenir now)
Did the technicians and ground crew take any souvenirs of their own? (items that were flown into space as well as ground equipment)

[@AlexanderBrown77]

Never A Straight Answer = NASA

[@user-vu3mb9kw9v]

Poor old man,,,

[@jurvetson]

I'll be interviewing him today by Zoom and in person in a couple months. Here is a photo essay on the scoop: flic.kr/p/2pc94vD

[@czarcastic1458]

They didn't bring back any tools because of weight issues.

[@WillKMB]

not true

[@czarcastic1458]

@@WillKMB Prove me wrong.

[@WillKMB]

@@czarcastic1458 I own tools flown to lunar surface and to orbit that were brought back as souvenirs by the crew. There are also numerous examples of them in museums and private collections. One Google search will show you that

[@WillKMB]

@@czarcastic1458 I have tools and equipment that were flown to the lunar surface and lunar orbit on the Apollo missions and certified by the astronauts as souvenirs from the flight. There is also many flown items in museums and other private collections that you could’ve found out about with one google search. Maybe research the splashdown parties between the Apollo crews.

[@wyatt_]

@@czarcastic1458 did you not watch the video? duke literally says they decided to keep the shovel since it was only about 1lb in weight. they dumped all the other heavy items.

[@NSAwatchesME]

i met him in Armenia

[@NSAwatchesME]

he said he is 'still the youngest person to walk on the moon'

[@chucksurgeonertribute2113]

Wow! All that radioactive moon dust, and they had no problem to properly seal the front hatch and decontaminate the inside of the lunar module. Real shame none of them made a video of a Geiger counter on the moon.

[@rockethead7]

The radioactivity of the lunar dust is not all that much more than the radioactivity of any sandy beach on Earth.

[@AlexanderBrown77]

One day, all of us are gonna have to stand for God and give an account. I am interested to find out if any of this NASA stuff is true

[@handbrakebob]

What makes you even consider that it isn’t true?

[@AlexanderBrown77]

@@handbrakebob ♥️ sure. The Bible shows that the Earth is set upon pillars, but NASA will never show us those photographs.
1 Samuel 2 kJV
8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, and he hath set the world upon them.
Scientist say that the moon reflects the light of the sun, but the Bible shows that the moon is it own light source.
Ezekiel 32 KJV
7 And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
😀 Look at that the moon gives light
It doesn’t say, reflect light.
Mark 13 KJV
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,

[@AlexanderBrown77]

@@handbrakebob 🌍 can you please show me the corners of the Earth on a ball?
Revelation 7 kJV
1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
♥️ Now you have a choice you can either believe God or you can believe the scientists.
✝️ Gospel 🩸
1 Corinthians 15 kJV
1 -4

[@AlexanderBrown77]

@@handbrakebob ♥️ The Bible shows that the sun stood still. It doesn’t say that the Earth stopped rotating.
Joshua 10 KJV
13 And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

[@handbrakebob]

@@AlexanderBrown77 I’ll believe the scientists, thanks.

[@DanFrederiksen]

Have you realized that UFOs are real yet? as in ET vehicles. It's not a maybe. You can listen to astronaut Gordon Cooper tell you about his 3 separate encounters.

[@fiveninefour]

you know how i know hes lying, his mouth is open

[@rootvalley2]

lying?

[@respectdawildo_danjones508]

You aren’t too bright are ya

[@bobshortland3079]

prick