[2]John D. Vanderhoof, governor of Colorado from 1973 to 1975, didn't know what to do [3] with the tiny moon rocks in his possession. The Apollo 17 "Goodwill" moon rocks were given to the state by the Nixon administration, part of a global program that dispersed the rocks around the world. When Vanderhoof left office, he attempted to give the rocks to a museum, but none would take them. Now, those rocks finally have a new home at the Colorado School of Mines. The bits of lunar soil encased in a sphere on a plaque, worth about $5 million on the black market, were on display Wednesday in a ceremony at the School of Mines' Geology Museum, writes The Denver Post [4]. Mines president Bill Scoggins considers the rocks an inspiration, and they remind him of the technologies that began as a result of the space program, such as medical-image processing and robotic surgery. "The space program got people to open their eyes and dream a little bit," he says. There is another set of Apollo moon rocks in Colorado, which are being kept safely at the state Capitol.