[meteorite-list] MER-B 'Opportunity' Launch Postponed

2003-06-21 Thread Ron Baalke
For Release: June 21, 2003 George Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (321) 867-2468 KSC Release No. 48 - 03 MER-B "OPPORTUNITY" LAUNCH POSTPONED The Flight Readiness Review was held today for the MER-B launch of the "Opportunity" Mars Expl

[meteorite-list] Drought? Wild Fire in Tucson

2003-06-21 Thread Rob Wesel
Water- Come to Oregon, literally sitting on the ground, nowhere else for it to go. Wish we could share it with ya. Best of luck to all who may be affected by these fires. -- Rob Wesel -- We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams. Willy Wonka, 1971

[meteorite-list] OT: Wild Fire in Tucson

2003-06-21 Thread Paul Heinrich
Impactika wrote: >And I read in the paper just a few days ago >that Los Angeles has already used up its >allotment of Colorado River water FOR THE YEAR! > >People see all that wide open space we have out >here in the West, they don't notice it is a >desert, an irrigated desert in many places,

[meteorite-list] Mesosiderite and Silicated Irons

2003-06-21 Thread Impactika
Hello members, I just received a few slices of Mount Padbury and I am surprised to see how much it looks like Lueders. I'll have to make sure they stay close to their labels. Still, Mount Padbury is a mesosiderite, and Lueders is classified a silicated iron. Any comments from the experts? Anne

Re: [meteorite-list] Wild Fire in Tucson

2003-06-21 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 6/21/2003 5:03:28 PM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And still the pumping goes on. Look at our man made lakes.  Lake Powell and Meade... they are at disteriously low levels right now... And I read in the paper just a few days ago that Los Angeles has alr

[meteorite-list] roommate

2003-06-21 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi again list.As I start pre, pre, prepairing for tucson 2004,I was wondering if someone would like to share a room with me to help share in the cost of the hotel.I am going to get my room guarenteed next week so I will have it ready to go when I get there.I am getting a room at the INNSSUITES on

Re: [meteorite-list] Wild Fire in Tucson

2003-06-21 Thread Steven Drummond
Hi List,I wrote a short poem on this subject (somewhat) some 8 or so years ago . Here goes.. It's an obvious fact that we must believe We have only one Earth and we can't leave Too many people everywhere And all of us breathing our own foul air

Re: [meteorite-list] Wild Fire in Tucson

2003-06-21 Thread Steve Schoner
Right John, and if Phoenix doubles by 2017, then our water troubles here in Arizona will be catstrophic. No one seems to see what is going on. There are places up here in the high county where soil subsidence due to pumping from the aquifer are quite profound. There are huge cracks that run for

Re: [meteorite-list] A Low-Density M-type Asteroid in the Main Belt

2003-06-21 Thread Steve Schoner
Remember that debate that I had with the late Darryl Futrell regarding the origin of tektites. My position was that these are impact products, and that the craters may not exist as the impactor disrupted in a Tunguska type event. If this type of asteroid were to strike the earth, would any major

Re: [meteorite-list] Wild Fire in Tucson

2003-06-21 Thread John Gwilliam
If you put three or four fish in a ten gallon aquarium, they will survive quite well without experiencing too many problems. Add three or four more fish to that same ten gallons of water and all sorts of problems like high nitrate levels and algae soon follow. Pretty soon, the water is so pol

[meteorite-list] tucson 2004

2003-06-21 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list.Just checking to se if anyone has any early info when the tucson dates will be set?It looks like feb. 6, 7, and 8th.I am not sure!Would someone let me know if they can.I am already plannig for next year to go to tucson.It is a must go to. s

[meteorite-list] The Sun has turned!

2003-06-21 Thread Bjørn Sørheim
List, Just thought we should take notice of what the Sun is up to today. I think still there will be warm days this summer.. Regards, Bjørn Sørheim __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] listee e-address info - Natural History Museum pics

2003-06-21 Thread Sharkkb8
The listee below asked me to send the file of the Smithsonian Natural History Museum pics I did in Washington DC, and I've tried to send it a number of times, but always then get a "delivery failure notice".   Anyone know this person  -  or if he/she is reading this, can you either give me an alte

Re: [meteorite-list] Vaca Muerta Eucrite Inclusions????

2003-06-21 Thread bernd . pauli
> Greetings list members. I just purchased a very nice > 14+ gram Vaca Muerta eucrite inclusion from Eric Olson Congrats, Dave! > any information on how these eucritic inclusions came > about being in the Vaca Muerta mesosiderite meteorites? Here is a useful reference: RUBIN A.E. et al. (1987

Re: [meteorite-list] Need help naming new group

2003-06-21 Thread Randy Mils
Now there is a suggestion I can hang my hat on.Randy >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "MARK BOSTICK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Meteorite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Need help naming new group >Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 03:34:44 +000

Re: [meteorite-list] usps insurance is fraud

2003-06-21 Thread Randy Mils
Thanks for all of the details on your experiences, Mark.  I am keeping your email for future reference. Thank you also for using proper punctuation. :-) Randy >From: "Mark Miconi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "harlan trammell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] usp

[meteorite-list] VIRUS WARNING!

2003-06-21 Thread Jeff Kuyken
G'day List,   Just a friendly note to all that it seems the w32.klez virus is running rampant through the list. My computer has already found, filtered and stopped infected emails a number of times over the last few days. The removal tool can be found at Symantec's website at this address: