LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - A storage mix-up at New Mexico State University has cost the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium some of its historical records and equipment used to prepare student experiments for rocket flights into space.
University officials say employees were clearing an area the consortium used for storage when they mistakenly threw out the equipment and took documents and other materials to be shredded and recycled.
Consortium officials found out about the error Feb. 13, the day after the items were cleared out.
Consortium executive director Pat Hynes says it’s sad some of the original documents from the start of the program are gone, but she’s thankful NMSU has agreed to replace the equipment.
Banners and signs used for the annual space flight symposium will also be replaced.
Hynes valued the lost materials at about $39,000.
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