Never mind - the light bulb on my shoulders and brightened up. I said
we would find it written in stone and you said no Trojans were known.
You meant that there is no guarantee we'll find anything there without
bias, right, but my premise assumes that material is there.
Yup, but as missions go, I think it is just about the best risk out
there, and certainly among the cheapest. Besides, a mission there could
serve a dual purpose to evaluate the region for colonization, staging
or to otherwise utilize its unique attributes. After 3.5 billion years
I figure no matter how much the cometary brooms and things have whisked
it out, there is bound to be plenty of dirt behind the refrigerator.
Kindest wishes and thanks
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: MexicoDoug <mexicod...@aim.com>
To: damoc...@yahoo.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 11:34 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
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Hi Richard,
I think I missed more than that - so what did you mean in the original
post? That a mission there would be a good idea to make new
discoveries? I still don't get it, then, and am very interested in what
you say.
Kindest wishes
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kowalski <damoc...@yahoo.com>
To: MexicoDoug <mexicod...@aim.com>;
meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 10:59 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)
Doug, I think you missed a key word in my post, "... known ...".
Cheers
--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
----- Original Message -----
From: MexicoDoug <mexicod...@aim.com>
To: damoc...@yahoo.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Cc:
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)
Richard K says:
"There are no known Earth Trojans."
Hi Richard,
Come on ol' friend, even 2500 years ago Anaxagoras deduced:
"Under the stars are the Sun and Moon, and also certain bodies which
revolve
with them, but are invisible to us."
and we've observed enough meteorites to vindicate him!
The "invisible" he was talking about refers to them being too small to
have
enough light to reflect to be seen. What is the median threshold
resolution we
are talking about nowadays (in mass or diameter) at that distance?
Perhaps the points are not a pocket full of horses, but Chincoteague
Ponies,
some used, would be a coupe. Regardless, towing an asteroid back to
earth wasn't
what I had in mind at all. Look, we've even sent Stardust to play
tennis with
comets, in hope of getting some micron sized particles, while ignoring
the
voluminous information guaranteed to be on the shelves of these
libration
libraries, not in mass, but in rubble and dust, a page at a time and
conveniently located.
Best wishes
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kowalski <damoc...@yahoo.com>
To: meteorite list <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 5:59 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)
________________________________
From: MexicoDoug <mexicod...@aim.com>
To: etmeteori...@hotmail.com; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] trips to the Moon (Moon bases and
meteoriterecovery)
You want to go the the nearer Lagrangian Points in plain space between
the Earth
and Moon. That is where the most fascinating stuff is to be found,
written in
unaltered stone the genesis of the Moon and plenty more debris to keep
scientists and collectors busy and overworked for the nex 10,000 years!
There are no known Earth Trojans.
--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
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