[meteorite-list] Meteorwrongs and Meteorites

[Martin Altmann]

Short practical question, Carl, if you don't mind?

Up to which monetary sum you'd think it would be justified to measure random
stones, in the hope to find once an unknown meteorite species?

(And what would the gain for mankind, to have found such, regarding the used
financial means, which could be spend for other problems?)

And seen all the new finds of the recent two decades, where so many really
weird rocks were among them,
how meaningful and efficient would be that method,
compared to the output of that system of meteorite experts (private and
"institutional" ones", doesn't matter) from the cold and hot deserts
or compared to the method, simply to wait until such an unknown type will
fall freshly on our heads?

(Anyway, best and cost-free method to find uncommon meteorites, is simply to
keep the hot deserts open for everyone. IMHO)

>I admire the Scientists that are willing to look beyond

Though historically, the concept of the scientific "martyr" is quite a
romanticizing....

Skol!
Martin  




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Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von
cdtucson at cox.net
Gesendet: Freitag, 22. April 2011 00:33
An: Adam; Adam Hupe; agee at unm.edu
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorwrongs and Meteorites

Adam,
Your initial agreement with Carl made me chuckle a bit.
It is as if you were saying everybody already known's which is real and
which is not prior to study.

I feel the same way about lottery tickets. Why waste your time buying the
losing numbers. it ties up all of the time.
You should only buy winning tickets?

I know what you meant but, sometimes those little devils can be tricky and
if we don't study them we will never find any NEW species of previously
unknown meteorites. 
We need a balance between the known's and the unknowns. 
Not all scientific theories have to agree with the previous theories.
 
I admire the Scientists that are willing to look beyond what they see with
their eyes alone. 
Like Carl said. " not everybody has a SEM in their basement". 
Carl

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