Starry-eyed lover melts meteorite into engagement ring to ask his girlfriend to marry him. By EDDIE WRENN FOR MAILONLINE . Published: 05:56 EDT, 10 May 2012 | Updated: 08:53 EDT, 10 May 2012 ...

But instead of dropping $17,000 on wedding rings that were blasted to space in a rocket, he decided to take a mole impressive route: He forged his own wedding … Continue reading → ...

“I didn’t really know that guys weren’t supposed to have rings,” Mr. Konesni, 28, admitted of his decision, however inadvertent, to buck tradition and wear an engagement ring himself.

Jon Mesick's custom wedding ring features a strip of flown-to-the-moon Apollo 11 polimide tape bordered on each side by a channel of lunar meteorite on a zirconium band. (Image credit: Honest ...