NASA agent-turned-Moon rock hunter to track down lost Moon rock souvenirs

The rocks were gifted to all existing nations at that time and have since been lost to time, destroyed or stolen. The 63-year-old retired NASA special agent is the “Moon Rock Hunter.” “Some people go rock hunting,” Gutheinz said in an interview with AFP at his law office in a Houston suburb decorated with awards from NASA and the US military. “It was not until we actually seized the moon rock that we learned it was the Honduras Apollo 17 moon rock,” said Gutheinz, whose desk features a replica of it mounted on a plaque. “The story is that one of Franco’s grandchildren tried to sell the Apollo 11 moon rock in Switzerland and that was blocked by Interpol,” Gutheinz said. “It’s out there somewhere and someday I’m going to go find it.” Gutheinz is pretty sure he knows where Ireland’s Apollo 11 moon rock is, but it’s unlikely to be recovered any time soon.