[meteorite-list] Helllo New Member Mike

[MARK BOSTICK]

Hello Mike,

Welcome to the list.  Do not let any of the list "ducks" get you down.  
There is a great group of people that are a part with lots of different 
interest and endless different backgrounds.

You wrote: "I have a large collection of flown and unflown hardware from 
Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle. Over the last year I've 
decided to flip-flop and take a break from Space Hardware and focus back on 
meteorites, which is my real passion."

I am surprized the two hobbys to not intersect more.  I have seen a couple 
flown people offer a meteorite or two, and I (not very well) collect some 
flown and unflown items.

Paul Harris and Jim Tobin have been nice and didnt say anything when I 
strayed in my "Collectors Corner" contribution to Meteorite Times 
(www.meteorite-times.com) from meteorites a little and I wrote articles that 
would appeal to the space autograph-hardware field.

You might find these of interest...

NASA Astronauts on Micrometeorites
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/nasaQandA.html

and
Rubicon 1
http://www.meteoritearticles.com/rubicon1.html

While I did get nice comments from some space collectors, my hope to help 
bridge the gap in the two fields have not been successful at all.  I do not 
think I have a sold meteorite to any of them.....or at least yet.

Anyway....welcome to our humble little group...with a lot of 
collectors/dealers named Mike.

Clear Skies,
Mark Bostick
Wichita, Kansas
www.meteoritearticles.com