[meteorite-list] Canada Post Strike OVER!

2011-06-25 Thread Pete Pete
For anyone with transactions hung up by the strike, it's just been ended by Parliament. http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/25/canada-post-back-to-work-bill-the-hill-sleepover-continues/ http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/06/25/canada-post-back-to-work-bill-the-hill-sleepover-continues/

Re: [meteorite-list] METEORITE PHOTOS: I Need LOTS of Meteorite Photos! ASAP!

2011-06-25 Thread Eric Wichman
Still need some photos of these meteorites: Interior and Exterior, and in-situ if possible. Hoba*** - This is one I need really bad. The Wikipedia photos are ok and I can use them, but there's not a really good one I've seen yet. Ensisheim - Really would like some good photos of the Ensisheim

[meteorite-list] Need Photo

2011-06-25 Thread al mitt
Greetings list, I am in need of a good quality image (graphic) of a meteoroid traveling in space near the Earth/Moon system that is approaching Earth's system and will probably fall. A suggested approach and fall. Any artists out there that might have such an image I could use. I've seen a f

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread MexicoDoug
JG wrote to MG: "What law are you talking about?" Ditto! A fact-supported discussion would be so much nicer. It is my understanding that when Apollo lost its funding, oodles of relics entered the private domain and there wasn't much ado about it - rather, a tacit acceptance and a party atmosph

[meteorite-list] AD : Zagami and Kapoeta Poster Prints, NWA 2724 Eucrite, Trinitite, & Free Cigars!

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Listees, This week I am offering some beautiful poster-sized prints (16x20" inches) of the Zagami and Kapoeta meteorites (cross-polarized thin-sections). These prints are each limited to an edition of 24. Each print is made on a high-dynamic range printer using heavy-gauge luster paper and the

[meteorite-list] AD: meteorite book for sale

2011-06-25 Thread Dan Furlan
Hello all, I have a copy of the book titled "Meteorites" for sale. I bought it recently from Amazon and just finished reading it last week. It is a full color book on glossy paper and is 112 pages long. the table of contents are: What are meteorites?, Where are meteorites found? Impacts and colli

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Martin Altmann
Well, look what Slezak has here on his fingers! (photo courtesy: NASA). That's what the big gooseberry season story is about. http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/luceneweb/fullimage.jsp?photoId=S69-40054 The Slezak&tape story is well documented, publically known for decades now. No idea, how one can speak

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Jeff Grossman
What law are you talking about? On 6/25/2011 7:55 PM, Michael Gilmer wrote: Hi Jeff and List, What strikes me here is that NASA has 842 pounds of lunar material and they are apparently bent out shape over a few milligrams of dust clinging to a piece of scotch tape. It's absolutely silly and it

[meteorite-list] AD:gorgious specimens for sale

2011-06-25 Thread Said Haddany
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Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Jeff and List, What strikes me here is that NASA has 842 pounds of lunar material and they are apparently bent out shape over a few milligrams of dust clinging to a piece of scotch tape. It's absolutely silly and it speaks of skewed priorities. It was mentioned to me in private email by a res

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Jeff Grossman
[This email was written by me as a private citizen, and does not reflect any kind of official position by NASA] If you want to see the loan agreements that are used today, please read: http://curator.jsc.nasa.gov/lunar/sampreq/LunarAllocHandbook.pdf Agreements such as the one shown here have l

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Larry & Twink Monrad
Are you trying to get my Gold Basin cake confiscated? Twink - Original Message - From: "Dennis Miller" Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust Better yet! Gold Basin Cake! With Moon dust Icing!!! Dennis _

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Jim Wooddell
Hello all! Did a simple search in the eCFR's for the USA. I searched LUNAR. 12 hits. No law about owning anything LUNAR popped up. I searched Moon. 126 hits. No law about owning anything related to moon popped up. While I was at it, I search METEORITE. 7 hits. Some good info, in general,

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Gilmer
Rafael, Please stop sending me frantic bolded emails full of confusing text. I have no dog in this fight and I am not debating you. You are preaching to the choir and seem to have some issue with me. I don't know you and I am not disagreeing with you. I am the 10,000th person to say what I sai

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2011-06-25 Thread mafer
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Re: [meteorite-list] Rafael Rant

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi List, I understood the meaning of Rafael's message (mostly), but I think there was some misplaced hostility in it - unless I am missing something in translation. >> *Definitely, the ignorance is bold.* >> I ask to Michael Gilbert (Galactic Stone), can you tell me exactly *(Date)* >> *which* l

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread cdtucson
Michael, Rafael, List, Is it possible NASA has it's own people (police) enforcing this self proclaimed laws against owning material. Or is their a congressional order making this material illegal after the fact? After is was given away as trophies. This method of self enforcement seems to work w

[meteorite-list] Re-2: Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Bernd V. Pauli
P.P. gently complained: "Isn't this thread becoming a little ridiculous?" ... which is, I assume, the true reason why John Gwilliam wrote he wanted to unsubscribe! He sure knows how to unsubscribe after having been such an esteemed member of the MetList for so many years! Best wishes, Bernd __

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Pete Pete
Isn't this thread becoming a little ridiculous? > From: mikest...@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:36:39 -0700 > To: j...@hc.fdn.com > CC: scho...@mybluelight.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust >

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Mulgrew
Welcome to America, where it's ok to lie (about meteorites, or wars even), but text a picture of your anatomy consensually to one person and it's a national scandal and they're calling for your resignation. -Michael in so. Cal. On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:44 PM, John Lutzon wrote: > > Journalistic

Re: [meteorite-list] Rafael Rant

2011-06-25 Thread MexicoDoug
Hi Michael and Rafael "3) the grammar was so poor it made the message impossible to discern" Michael, please give Rafael a break and be more welcoming, it is obvious from his thoughts that he is a highly educated person but does not have the benefit of English as his first language. To attack

Re: [meteorite-list] Something Different (ad)

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Blood
OK, Let's have a little fun... Here is an interesting situation: A woman contacted me wanting to sell a couple of NWA meteorites. She had married a Bedouin and someone in the tribe had Asked her to bring these two whole stones back and sell them for the tribe. She though

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Steve Schoner
Now this story is on CNN (Communist News Network)for all to see. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2011/06/25/mo.stolen.moon.dust.ksdk?&hpt=hp_c2 Amazing lies. Terry Slezak should sue for defamation of character, being accused of "theft" of a so called "National Treasure, 42 years later. W

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Hall of Fame and Shame - Part One

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Listees, I humbly present, a collection of the good and bad of meteorites. Of course, I could not mention everyone and everything that was worthy of inclusion in this list. To do so would require a massive tome that I lack the time or skill to compile. But I thought this might be a good star

[meteorite-list] Bend it Like Beckham! Small Asteroid to Whip Past Earth on June 27, 2011

2011-06-25 Thread John Lutzon
- Original Message - From: "John Lutzon" To: "Dennis Miller" Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bend it Like Beckham! Small Asteroid to Whip Past Earth on June 27, 2011 Dennis & List Well, better odds than the lottery; i'll take GPS 26 to take t

Re: [meteorite-list] Rafael Rant

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Blood
Hi Rafael, It would be far easier to respond if I had any idea what you Were talking about. Since you: 1) did NOT include the text to which you seam to be referring... 2) left the subject box "moon dust" (?) 3) the grammar was so poor it made the message impossible to discern

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Rafael, I do not know for certain that owning Apollo moon dust is illegal. In fact, I think samples such as Florian's tape specimens are or should be legal. Up until recently, I just assumed that they were. The fact that law enforcement has stepped in and is actively pursuing these samples a

Re: [meteorite-list] unsubscribe

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Blood
John, You've been on the list all these years and Still don't know that one must sign up or unsubscribe One's self at meteorite central? Michael On 6/24/11 9:13 PM, "John Gwilliam" wrote: > unsubscribe > > Regards, > > John Gwilliam > > Some people are born on third base > an

[meteorite-list] impact crater? (Dnieper-Donets Basin)

2011-06-25 Thread Paul H.
in "impact crater?" at http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/2011-June/077652.html Robert wrote: "Thought some of you might like this... When I first saw the illustration from this article: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3051/pdf/fs2011-3051.pdf on the top of the page at http://geology.co

Re: [meteorite-list] Bend it Like Beckham! Small Asteroid to Whip Past Earth on June 27, 2011

2011-06-25 Thread Dennis Miller
Hello, Richard!! Thanks for passing on the clip. Is there a pool for the asteroid taking out a GPS satellite? I see that the best viewing will be Australia and Antarctica. Is there anyone at McMurdo this time of year?? Dennis > Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Yinan Wang
At least the NY Times dug a little further and contacted Slezak: "The history of the tape and the dust was never much of a mystery, though. Terry Slezak, who now lives in Boerne, Tex., was a photographer in charge of processing the film brought back from the moon landings. When he opened one of th

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Dennis Miller
Better yet! Gold Basin Cake! With Moon dust Icing!!! Dennis > Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 10:44:52 -0500 > From: nightsk...@gmail.com > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust > > Hi Adam, > Finally - enough moon dust to make a big batch of pancakes! I'll

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2011-06-25 Thread Shawn Alan
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Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Bob King
Hi Adam, Finally - enough moon dust to make a big batch of pancakes! I'll bring real maple syrup from Minnesota. Bob On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Adam Hupe wrote: > Let the media or feds chew on this: > > > http://themeteoritesite.com/DUST-a.jpg > http://themeteoritesite.com/DUST-b.jpg > > I

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Adam Hupe
Let the media or feds chew on this: http://themeteoritesite.com/DUST-a.jpg http://themeteoritesite.com/DUST-b.jpg If anybody is interested, this real Moon dust is available. There is enough to make your own boot impression. The news media is stupid, especially the New York Times! Adam _

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-25 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Steve, Phil, List, This is an incredible waste of taxpayer funds. I wonder how many tens of thousands of dollars these investigations cost? Is it really worth a ton of public money to recover a few milligrams of lunar dust? Afterall, NASA has kilos of this stuff under lock and key. It's not