[meteorite-list] Tucson 2010, Parties, "Meteorite Men" Screenings, News, etc.

[Richard Kowalski]

--- On Thu, 1/28/10, Notkin <geoking at notkin.net> wrote:


> Another must is the Arizona Meteorite Exhibition, organized
> by our friend and colleague, Dr. Dolores Hill. Details on
> the Meteorite-Times.com website, but please note this event
> is one night only, this coming Saturday, January 30.


Geoff,

I'd just like to add something that may be of interest to those attending this 
event, or are considering attending.

I was speaking to our program's PI, Ed Beshore today concerning his talk during 
the exhibition. He tells me that his talk will not only be about the current 
status of the Catalina Sky Survey and the discovery of 2008 TC3, but will 
elaborate on where we would like to take our program in the future. This future 
includes our desire to be able to find more impacting objects that can be 
studied in space before they drop meteorites that can be recovered and studied 
in the laboratory.

This proposal, "CSS-II" received a nice write-up in the recent NRC Final Report 
about the future of Near Earth Object surveys and I think that meteorite 
enthusiasts will find Ed's talk about our current survey and we hope, its future 
incarnation, to be of great interest. I urge everyone that will be in Tucson 
this Saturday to attend the exhibition as well as Ed's talk about CSS. The doors 
to the Exhibition open at 6pm sharp and Ed's talk is at 6:30pm.

Hope to see you all there.

-- 
Richard Kowalski
Catalina Sky Survey
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/