[meteorite-list] Magnetite/Glass Meteorite Balls

[Jerry Flaherty]

Thanks Chris. There's no difference in our objectives is there? 
Methodologies. Whatever.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Magnetite/Glass Meteorite Balls


> Hi Jerry-
>
> I also operated our dust collector as a school experiment (K-8). The kids 
> were involved in designing the collector, and responsible for taking the 
> data. I did teach that most or all of the material we could see was almost 
> certainly terrestrial, but that didn't dampen the sense of adventure every 
> time the samples went under the microscope. And there were those few 
> spherical particles that we couldn't be certain of...
>
> Chris
>
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> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
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>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jerry Flaherty" <grf2 at verizon.net>
> To: "Chris Peterson" <clp at alumni.caltech.edu>; "Meteorite List" 
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 6:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Magnetite/Glass Meteorite Balls
>
>
>> Scientificly and statistically accurate in every detail I'm sure. But 
>> when I brought this debris to class the next day the kids were extatic 
>> that such possibilities exist. That matter extraneous to our own earth 
>> might be within their reach. I purposely failed to tell them, though that 
>> the whole of the planet was made of such extraneous material cause I 
>> didn't want to dampen that wonderful enthusiasm.
>> Because I sensed that such entusiasm leads to dreams and visions that 
>> lead humankind toward distant horizons yet to be thought of much less 
>> seen.
>> I realize that this list is made up of a wide range of interests, 
>> backgrounds and abilities.
>> I present this anecdotal example as a personal experience. Holding and 
>> sharing those specks gave most everyone a mind opening delight, including 
>> myself. Today due to List membership I've been able to acquire, to me, a 
>> treasure beyond price. But, but, but I still reflect on that experience 
>> as a trifle more enduring than all the rest.
>> Oh, and afterall, the suggestion to "experiment"[the use is figurative of 
>> course] came from no less an authority than Jack Horkiemer "Keep Looking 
>> Up", the great populizer of Astronomy.
>> We sometimes wonder why funds for the further major expoloration of SPACE 
>> have a habit of drying up. Why the "average" citizen could give a &*^% 
>> about Mars or whatever.
>> I understand that scientific research requires sustained focus, 
>> deliberation, precision and repeatable experimentation. That conclusions 
>> based on limited experience are dubious.
>> Seems I remember somewhere hearing that at one time the notion that 
>> anything could fall out of the sky was preposterous.
>> So I do like to keep an open mind to possibilities outside and inside too 
>> of my experience.
>> Science and technology are mind blowing in their contribution to our 
>> lives today.
>> But you got to have that average nondedicated person cough up the dough 
>> though if we'll ever see that persuit of a goal that flourished during 
>> Apollo period.
>>
>> Jerry Flaherty
>
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