[meteorite-list] Pairing discussion/questions

[Martin Altmann]

I really beg your pardon.

Do you really believe that one field season of Ansmet cost the tax-payer not
more than 600,000$ ??

Here, inflation... just an example, alone NASA, gave from 2002 on a grant to
ANSMET of 650,000$ a year for 3 years, additionally to the NSF-funds.
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2002/G/20021870.html


NSF alone spends this season 7.5 million USD for the tractor train of the
South Pole traverse, 3 millions for additional field equipment, 5 millions
for new airfield vehicles at the McMurdo station, as well as 3 million to
improve the heating system. 3.3 millions for transportation of people and
cargo, 1.7 million for emergency vehicles. 5.0 million for two new fuel
tanks, and so on....

It costs, what it costs.





-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Jeff
Grossman
Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. Januar 2010 17:23
An: Meteorite-list
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Pairing discussion/questions

I can now report with some authority that the total cost of 30+ years 
of collecting by ANSMET has been in the range of $20 
million.  Considering the record of scientific achievements that has 
been built on this collection of 20,000 specimens, I would have to 
say it has been a bargain.

Jeff

>>Make your homework. How many different meteorites do we have from 
>>Antarctica after a third of a century hunting and spending billions 
>>of USD? 7000.
>This statement, appearing in some of the recent emails, is 
>wrong.  There are over 16,000 classified meteorites from the ANSMET 
>expeditions, plus a few thousand unclassified.  Counting the 
>Japanese, Chinese,European,
>Korean, and minor collections, There ~27,000 classified Antarctic 
>meteorites, and probably close to 20,000 not yet classified (mostly 
>in the Japanese and Chinese collections).  And where in the world 
>did this figure of billions of dollars being spent by the US to 
>collect its 20,000 meteorites come from?
>
>Also, don't overlook the fact that Antarctic meteorite have proven 
>to be vastly more valuable scientifically than NWA meteorites.  They 
>probably occur as subjects of scientific publications at >10x the 
>frequency as NWA meteorites (I posted statistics on this some years 
>ago, but can't locate it at the moment).  This is because the main 
>masses are well curated.
>
>Jeff


Dr. Jeffrey N. Grossman       phone: (703) 648-6184
US Geological Survey          fax:   (703) 648-6383
954 National Center
Reston, VA 20192, USA


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