No Graham, but its a pretty darn good excuse to play with that gorgeous oriented nosecone as pictured in the article (if that is indeed the Middlesborough meteorite and not just a file photo) ;^)
gary On Jan 25, 2010, at 3:39 AM, ensorama...@ntlworld.com wrote: > Hi All, > > Has anyone seen this article... > > http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/4852991.Mars_probe_scientists_in_York_to_exa/ > > An interesting thing to do but I cannot see how that will help identify > meteorites on Mars. As we all know, the atmosphere is much thinner so that > fresh meteorites would not be ablated in the same way and older ones that > have been found are well weathered/changed by wind blown sand etc. > > Anyone else make sense of this? > > Graham, Nr Barwell UK > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list