Shocker: Lunar Rover Left on Moon in 1972 is Covered With Parking Tickets!

CAPE CANAVERAL - A satellite photo taken last week revealed that the Lunar Rover, abandoned on the surface of the moon in 1972 by Apollo 17 astronauts, is covered with parking tickets.

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he is “very disappointed” that the astronauts apparently left the vehicle, nicknamed the “moon buggy,” in a “No Parking” zone before leaving the moon’s surface. 

“We need to get someone back to the moon to move that vehicle before it’s towed — and to pay those tickets,” Griffin explained.  “The United States of America will not be known throughout the universe as a parking scofflaw.”

Aug 19

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