[meteorite-list] Moon Rock Goes To Everest And Flies On Space Shuttle
cdtucson at cox.net
cdtucson at cox.net
Fri Jun 11 23:01:39 EDT 2010
Phil,
You know;
"Astronomical claims require astronomical proof"..... And that about does it!
Great story and photos. Very cool.
Carl
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Carl or Debbie Esparza
Meteoritemax
---- Phil Whitmer <prairiecactus at rtcol.com> wrote:
> Greetings, my fellow Americans, international Listerians, and lurkers:
>
> Last month, the Michiana Astronomical Society got up close and personal to
> the moon rock brought back to Earth by Neil Armstrong, then taken to the
> top of Mt. Everest by astronaut Scott Parazynski. It was then flown on the
> space shuttle Endeavor to the space station, where it sat in the window
> before being returned to terra firma. It was shown by Dr. Carlton Allen,
> NASA Curator for Extraterrestrial Materials at the Johnson Space Center. I
> also got to fondle my first Antarctica meteorite, a black crusted OC with
> white spots on the crust. I didn't really notice this feature until I
> looked at the close up photo. The good Dr. also brought along an interesting
> group of geological samples from the moon's surface. He said we'll probably
> be returning to the moon soon, but he didn't think we'd be going to Mars
> anytime soon, simply because it's so darn far away. He mentioned that all
> mountains on the moon are formed by meteorite impacts, pretty obvious I
> guess, but it never occurred to me. After his talk, someone asked if all the
> NASA moon rocks are accounted for and he told the story of how Tricky Dick
> gave away a bunch of moon rocks, most of which have gone missing. Like an
> idiot, I said: "So you got back all the rocks stolen by the intern kids
> then?" He said: "Oh, you had to bring that up! That was the worst day of my
> life!" "Yes, we got them back and the ringleader is doing 8 years of hard
> time." When someone asked the value of the moon rock, he said: "It's worth
> about 8 months a gram." That got a good laugh. I was very impressed that he
> would travel all the way to Indiana to give a presentation to our small
> group. (It must have been on the way to somewhere more important.)
>
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> Phil Whitmer
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