Hi Doug, Thanks for your most eloquent post. I see your point, but I also take the liberty to disagree, at least for a part of it. In essence, you wrote:
> There is the little detail of haves and have nots and thousand-dollar > a gram speculations. A have not cannot participate in that, lets not > beat around the bush. We can make an exception for those with > obsessive-compulsive collector behavior if you like, I guess though > they would be best off skipping dinner to pay the psychiatrist. But > you do need big bucks to be involved I hope you recognize. The old "tertium non datur" actually is a very strong bias - applied to our situation it would sound like "If you want a representative specimen of a lunar meteorite you have to have the money to buy it, or else you're out of the 'game'." There's always at least a third alternative. To get a specimen for free (I gave away more than one good lunar specimen for free, and I also received more than one for free), to trade for a specimen (I did this more than once), or to go out and to find a lunar rock yourself (I actually did that, too, and there were no big bucks involved). It isn't all about money - neither in the positive sense, nor in the negative sense. It's all about passion and intent, if you know what I mean. > Please don't give up that ambition and dream to go to the Moon. Norbert, > wasn't it Iceman that told Maverick "You can be my Wingman anytime!" ;-) I didn't say I gave up that dream - I just said "it's two steps too far away to follow", and to me that means that it isn't realistic to follow it now. If the chance actually would arise, I wouldn't hesitate for a moment to take that chance. Maverick says "thanks" to Iceman. Wishing you the very best, and the first Mexican or AZ lunaite find, Norbert ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list