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Next year (2009) will mark the 40th anniversary of the successful landing on the moon by US astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.

Accompanying the US flag on that mission, was also a small flag from the UK, which was then returned to earth and presented to Harold Wilson by the USA, along with several small pieces of moon rock.

This flag is now on display, but in private within 10 Downing Street.

To mark the anniversary, and promote the UK government's recent increased interest in lunar research projects - this petition asks that the government temporarily put the flag and moon rock on public display in a suitable location (or on a national tour) so that the public can see how Britain has already symbolically been to the moon.

Current signatories

Ian Mansfield, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• adam keppel-garner
• Gari Davies
• Jon Deane
• Garry Chick-Mackay
• David J Mossley
• T Barfoot
• Sarah-Jane Pick
• Dick King
• S King
• Jeff
• Matthew Rowe
• Matt
• James
• John Armstrong. petition for British Weights and Measures
• Michael Loughlin
• Paul Tarry
• Matthew Bland
• Anthony W Cross
• Martin Jonathan Nicholls
• Tarot Atkinson
• Stewart Bryant
• Jenny Ruth
• L Hanna
• Thomas Clayson
• Andrew Guard
• Melissa Watson
• Neil Moss
• Charlotte Mason
• Anthony Sampson
• Martin Woolley
• Jonathan Owen
• Jack
• Robert Hall
• Lawrence Hendry
• Emma Wilkinson
• Jon Boston
• Sam Smith
• Oliver Parish
• Kelly Smith
• Sean Shore
• George Rhodes
• James Wilson
• Jasper Wallace
• Dan Thornton
• Matt Sharpe
• Christopher George Blanks
• James Cronin
• Rebecca Randall
• Ben Freeman
• J Woods
• john phillips