Thanks for the kind words Ruben! I just came across this excerpt from Lincoln LaPaz's (founder of IOM) "Space Nomads: Meteorites in Sky, Field, and Laboratory". It is as true today as it was when the IOM was founded in 1944!
"Meteorite hunting, unlike pure mathematics, cannot be conducted with success solely by publicity-shy individuals comfortably seated in armchairs. Unlike the chemist, who buys his research materials from catalogs; the bacteriologist, who brews up his cultures at will in a laboratory; and the botanist, who finds the objects of his experimentation in conveniently located greenhouse and herbarium, the meteoriticist is in large measure dependent on the general public for the specimens with which he works. In meteoritics, as in perhaps no other science, rapid progress depends on the intelligent cooperation of the layman, that fortunate individual destined, because of his ubiquitousness, not only to witness all meteorites yet to fall, but also, sooner or later, to stumble upon many of those that have already fallen..." ************************************* Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 Tel: (505) 750-7172 Fax: (505) 277-3577 Email: a...@unm.edu http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Ruben Garcia <rubengarcia85...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wow, Congratulations Carl, I couldn't be happier for you! > > It looks fantastic from the video and I can't wait to see it for > myself in person, it's just another step forward for UNM. Meteorite > museum renovations seem to be popluar now days, first ASU, then TCU > and now UNM. > > You have done an amazing job at UNM. You inspire so many of us with > your knowledge and enthusiasm for meteoritics. > > Keep it up! > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Carl Agee via Meteorite-list > <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> wrote: >> http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-s-meteorite-museum-reopens-with-futuristic-design >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiM4f9Eajs >> >> ************************************* >> Carl B. Agee >> Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics >> Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences >> MSC03 2050 >> University of New Mexico >> Albuquerque NM 87131-1126 >> >> Tel: (505) 750-7172 >> Fax: (505) 277-3577 >> Email: a...@unm.edu >> http://meteorite.unm.edu/people/carl_agee/ >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the >> Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > -- > Rock On! > > Ruben Garcia > http://www.MrMeteorite.com ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list