[meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp

[Richard Montgomery]

Hi again List...we're expecting 25mph winds starting this afternoon through 
the weekend.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MexicoDoug" <mexicodoug at aim.com>
To: <mike at meteoriteguy.com>; <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp


> Sounds to me more like a publicity stunt from the blimp company, offered 
> to scientists "free" for publicity they can get for their blimp rides. 
> Pretty good marketing on the company's part, IMO.  As for scientists, 
> pretty sure they are going for free, just their fixed overhead expense 
> will be lost to the government, their grant, private company or whatever 
> combination they work under.  Surely they told their bosses they would do 
> it on a weekend, or work the weekend to make it up, it's all funny money 
> anyway and anyways, in their business and all of government in general 
> "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.", so 
> nothing really lost and they will love their jobs more.  Who among us 
> wouldn't go in a heartbeat, come'on.
>
> Anyway if they follow the estimate trajectory line they conceivably might 
> see something from a different perspective, like Tunguska :-P, but it 
> really sounds more like they are goofing off. Well, they have the chance 
> to get the last laugh.
>
> Scientists routinely use expensive fitted jets to stay aloft many hours 
> during meteor showers just to get better sampling of the action from the 
> higher altitude.  I can see where one idea led to another.  At least Sky 
> Adventures or whatever it's called will see a spike of business.
>
> Best wishes
> Doug
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Farmer <mike at meteoriteguy.com>
> To: karmaka <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de>
> Cc: met-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Thu, May 3, 2012 8:09 pm
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp
>
>
> My god, these are the people who can't pay a dime or samples but can piss 
> away
> our taxpayer  money on this? My wife is a pilot, I fly with her often, you 
> can
> not see a 50 gallon barrel from 500 ft up. Good luck with that plan.
> Must be nice to work on the expense account!
> Michael Farmer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 3, 2012, at 12:33 PM, "karmaka" <karmaka-meteorites at t-online.de> 
> wrote:
>
>> Watch out for the blimp !
>>
>> A new way of hunting the Sutter's Mill 'main mass':
>>
>> " Scientists today are mounting a massive search in the Sierra Nevada
> foothills for meteorite fragments [...]
>> Experts from NASA and the SETI institute are en route to Sacramento
> this
> morning aboard a zeppelin provided by Airship Ventures, based at Moffett 
> Field
> in the Bay Area. They were expected to stop briefly at McClellan Park 
> airfield
> around 11 a.m., then lift off again to spend the afternoon surveying 
> foothill
> regions of Placer and El Dorado counties. "
>>
>>
> http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/03/4463578/scientists-on-the-hunt-for-meteorite.html
>>
>> Track the ship here:
>>
>> http://www.airshipventures.com/about/track-the-ship
>>
>> GOOD LUCK !!
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
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