[meteorite-list] NASA to Announce Mars 2020 Rover Instruments
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2014-248 NASA to Announce Mars 2020 Rover Instruments Jet Propulsion Laboratory July 30, 2014 ISSUED BY NASA HEADQUARTERS NASA will announce on Thursday, July 31, the instruments that will be carried aboard the agency's Mars 2020 mission, a roving laboratory based on the highly successful Curiosity rover. The announcement will air live at noon EDT on NASA Television and on the agency's website. The announcement will take place in the NASA TV studio at NASA Headquarters, 300 E Street SW in Washington. The announcement participants are: -- John Grunsfeld, astronaut and associate administrator for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Headquarters, Washington -- Bill Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for the NASA Human Exploration and Operations Directorate, Headquarters -- Michael Meyer, lead scientist, Mars Exploration Program, Headquarters -- Ellen Stofan, NASA chief scientist, Headquarters NASA received 58 proposals in January for science and exploration technology instruments to fly onboard the Mars 2020 mission, two times the average number of proposals submitted for instrument competitions in the recent past and an indicator of the extraordinary interest in exploration of the Red Planet. Media can ask questions from participating NASA locations, or by telephone. To participate by phone, reporters must contact Steve Cole at 202-358-0918 or stephen.e.c...@nasa.gov and provide their media affiliation by 11 a.m. Thursday. There also is limited seating in the NASA TV studio for media who would like to attend in person. To arrange access, media must email dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov by no later than 9 a.m. Thursday. Media and the public can join the conversation using #JourneyToMars, and ask questions using #askNASA. For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv For more information about NASA's Mars 2020 mission, visit: http://www.nasa.gov Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 dwayne.c.br...@nasa.gov __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fossils Found in Impact Glass
Hi Eduardo, Thanks for the correction on that. Those are new localities to me. Now I have two more localities to acquire for my impactite collection. I'm still a little skeptical of the fossil issue. Almost every time we hear about fossils in meteorites, it's baloney - like the Martian blood-vessels guy. Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 7/30/14, eduardo jawerbaum wrote: > Hi Mike > The Chapadmalal and Chasico meteorites are not related at all with the > pseudometeorite Mar del Plata. > Chapadmalal impactites are related to a 3.3 million year old event, and is > coincident with mammals extintion. > Here is more information about these impactites: > http://www.planetary.brown.edu/pdfs/2272.pdf > Eduardo > > > 2014-07-30 17:35 GMT-03:00 Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list < > meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>: > >> Mar del Plata is not even a meteorite - it's classified as a >> pseudometeorite. In addition, neither site is listed in the Earth >> Impact Database. Considering that, it's easy to believe that they >> found fossils, because none of the materials they mention are >> meteorites or impactites. More wasted time, energy, and money on junk >> science. >> >> Indeed, sales of all fossil-bearing impact glasses are hereby >> suspended until further notice >> >> Best regards, >> >> MikeG >> >> -- >> - >> Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com >> Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone >> Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone >> - >> >> >> On 7/30/14, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list >> wrote: >> > A short article, but it gave me much to "chew-on". But I still haven't >> > swallowed: >> > >> > http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25462#.U9gI1aZ0y70 >> > >> > Instant fossils found trapped in asteroid impact glass >> > >> > When asteroids strike Earth, it can mean death and destruction. But >> > they >> can >> > also be flashbulbs, capturing a freeze-frame record of life at the >> moment of >> > impact. Peter Schultz of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, >> and >> > his colleagues examined two asteroid impact sites in the Chasicó and >> > Mar >> del >> > Plata regions in La Pampa, Argentina. They found the first examples of >> > biological material locked in the glass that is instantly formed in the >> > blast. This animation of 3D electron microscope scans show plant >> fragments >> > that were pulled out of the impact glass for detailed analysis. The >> material >> > was preserved in incredible detail, including structures down to the >> > cellular level. Similar impact glass fossils, protected for eons under >> > a >> > blanket of Martian dust, could retain a record of ancient life on the >> > Red >> > Planet. >> > >> > [All sales of asteroid impact glass are hereby ] >> > -- Bob V. >> > >> > __ >> > >> > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> > Meteorite-list mailing list >> > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> > http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > >> __ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fossils Found in Impact Glass
Mar del Plata is not even a meteorite - it's classified as a pseudometeorite. In addition, neither site is listed in the Earth Impact Database. Considering that, it's easy to believe that they found fossils, because none of the materials they mention are meteorites or impactites. More wasted time, energy, and money on junk science. Indeed, sales of all fossil-bearing impact glasses are hereby suspended until further notice Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 7/30/14, Robert Verish via Meteorite-list wrote: > A short article, but it gave me much to "chew-on". But I still haven't > swallowed: > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25462#.U9gI1aZ0y70 > > Instant fossils found trapped in asteroid impact glass > > When asteroids strike Earth, it can mean death and destruction. But they can > also be flashbulbs, capturing a freeze-frame record of life at the moment of > impact. Peter Schultz of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and > his colleagues examined two asteroid impact sites in the Chasicó and Mar del > Plata regions in La Pampa, Argentina. They found the first examples of > biological material locked in the glass that is instantly formed in the > blast. This animation of 3D electron microscope scans show plant fragments > that were pulled out of the impact glass for detailed analysis. The material > was preserved in incredible detail, including structures down to the > cellular level. Similar impact glass fossils, protected for eons under a > blanket of Martian dust, could retain a record of ancient life on the Red > Planet. > > [All sales of asteroid impact glass are hereby ] > -- Bob V. > > __ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station’s First Artwork
Sorry Art, But this sounds perfectly idiotic. Why "make" a meteorite when there are plenty of real ones? I don't call that Art, but wonder how much the "artist" charged for it. Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Art Jones via Meteorite-list To: meteorite-list Sent: Tue, Jul 29, 2014 3:39 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station’s First Artwork Interesting idea and article: http://news.artnet.com/art-world/meteorite-sculpture-will-be-international-space-stations-first-artwork-67923 -Art __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station First Artwork
Hi Daniel and List, I am not an artist, but I am certainly an art critic. I was wondering the exact same thing. I do not pretend to understand everyone's definition of art, but this seems redundant. By melting down the meteorite, the meteoritic nature is lost - if etched, the iron will not show a widmanstatten pattern. It may as well be a lump of slag. Personally, I would embed a thin slice of pallasite into one of the "porthole" windows of the space station, so that the sun's light reflected off the Earth would illuminate the slice, bathing the interior of the station in pallasitic light glory. But, that's probably not very feasible and one of the reasons I should never be in charge of anything. LOL. Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 7/30/14, Daniel Noyes via Meteorite-list wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm an artist myself, but I'm wondering what exactly is the point of > melting down part of a meteorite and then recasting it as an exact copy > of itself, indistinguishable from the original. The original meteorite > is already a cosmic work of art, a rock transformed when it journeyed > through space and then sculpted by the Earth's atmosphere and > terrestrial impact. Part of the real meteorite would make a fine art > installation on the ISS. It might be more original and interesting to > transform a piece of a meteorite into another art form/shape rather than > a just duplicate. > > Best regards, > Daniel > > Daniel Noyes > Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks > i...@moonmarsrocks.com > www.moonmarsrocks.com > > > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0700 > From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu > To: "Art Jones" > Cc: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be > International Space Station?s First Artwork > Message-ID: > <72ac215aa20e7eb76cc029090b9a34b2.squir...@webmail.lpl.arizona.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi Art: > > But not the first meteorite to be brought back to space from the Earth. > If > I remember correctly, about 20 years ago (do not remember which mission) > Tom Jones brought a meteorite (do not remember what it was) up in the > Shuttle. It may have been the same flight that he brought a Zuni Fetish > up > (and back). > > Larry > >> Interesting idea and article: >> http://news.artnet.com/art-world/meteorite-sculpture-will-be-international-space-stations-first-artwork-67923 >> >> -Art >> __ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > > > > > -- > > > __ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Ancient meteorites
Hi Shawn - You can try to find a copy of this book: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1733926W/Die_Metalle_im_Alten_Orient There are also multiple studies which are available through the internet. Sorry, but I do not have a list of them handy. Perhaps Berndt can help. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station First Artwork
Hi All, I'm an artist myself, but I'm wondering what exactly is the point of melting down part of a meteorite and then recasting it as an exact copy of itself, indistinguishable from the original. The original meteorite is already a cosmic work of art, a rock transformed when it journeyed through space and then sculpted by the Earth's atmosphere and terrestrial impact. Part of the real meteorite would make a fine art installation on the ISS. It might be more original and interesting to transform a piece of a meteorite into another art form/shape rather than a just duplicate. Best regards, Daniel Daniel Noyes Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks i...@moonmarsrocks.com www.moonmarsrocks.com Message: 5 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 16:06:24 -0700 From: lebof...@lpl.arizona.edu To: "Art Jones" Cc: "meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com" Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Sculpture Will Be International Space Station?s First Artwork Message-ID: <72ac215aa20e7eb76cc029090b9a34b2.squir...@webmail.lpl.arizona.edu> Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Hi Art: But not the first meteorite to be brought back to space from the Earth. If I remember correctly, about 20 years ago (do not remember which mission) Tom Jones brought a meteorite (do not remember what it was) up in the Shuttle. It may have been the same flight that he brought a Zuni Fetish up (and back). Larry > Interesting idea and article: > http://news.artnet.com/art-world/meteorite-sculpture-will-be-international-space-stations-first-artwork-67923 > > -Art > __ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Meteorite People on TV lately...
Hi all - If everyone who goes hunting simply buys some memory cards for their smart phones+ cameras, and everyone pools their footage afterwards, you could assemble tv shows afterwards. Besides the traditional channels, there are new internet video services such as VEVO for distribution. E.P. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 8171 Contributed by: Beat Booz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
