Re: [meteorite-list] Phoenix Analyzing Martian Soil Data

2008-08-05 Thread Darren Garrison
On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:54:09 -0400, you wrote: Not to mention having most of the material needed to manufacture rocket fuel in situ (just add the iron or better yet aluminum shavings) to get the heck out when necessary. Hm. That makes me think... if we ever make it to Mars and decide to

Re: [meteorite-list] Phoenix Analyzing Martian Soil Data

2008-08-05 Thread mexicodoug
Hey Darren, why not sounds reasonable? Also got me to thinking, besides an unlimited source of oxygen, water (both essentials with these back-ups: H2O from clays and frost, O2 by electrolysis of water), and propellant/oxidizer all in one family of compounds there, perchlorate provides

Re: [meteorite-list] Phoenix Analyzing Martian Soil Data

2008-08-05 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, Darren, Doug, List, There is no doubt that Mars was made for a Space Elevator, or is it the other way around? Arthur C. Clarke's novel The Fountains of Paradise details the much easier reqirements for a Mars Elevator, over the terrestrial difficulties. The Space Elevator or Orbital

[meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread drtanuki
Dear list, I have completed a page on impact craters of Africa with images from Google Earth. http://meteoritesjapan.com/africacraters.aspx At the very bottom of the page is a newly? discovered crater? Origin of the crater is unknown. Does anyone have any information about this

[meteorite-list] AD Ebay auctions ending soon

2008-08-05 Thread Sergey Vasiliev
Hello List! Some auctions with nice micros will end in a few hours. Please take a look if interested: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/svassiliev Thanks Sergey - Sergey Vasiliev U Dalnice 839, Prague 5, 15500 Czech Republic

Re: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread Michael Farmer
WOW, dirk, that is great work, it is amazing to see all those craters, and the new one is very interesting? It is right on the beach, would be a nice place to visit! Mike --- On Tue, 8/5/08, drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] AD*

Re: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread Jerry
Thank you Dirk for sharing your work. Jerry Flaherty - Original Message - From: drtanuki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 7:49 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater? Dear list, I have

[meteorite-list] It's Episode 5 of Astrocast.tv!

2008-08-05 Thread Greg Redfern
Hello, Please tune in to the latest episode of Astrocast.tv: http://astrocast.tv/ Thanks, Greg Redfern NASA JPL Solar System Ambassador http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html WHAT'S UP?: THE SPACE PLACE http://www.wtopnews.com/?sid=600113nid=421 ASTROCAST http://astrocast.tv/

Re: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread Alexander Seidel
Well, I´m not quite sure whether this would really be a nice place to visit, Mike, as you call it - I mean in real life under actual circumstances. The territory of Western Sahara is contested between Morocco and Polisario Front, and long before any convincing proof that this is a crater of

Re: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread Jason Utas
Hello Alex, All, Well, first-off, the power needed to make a 35m crater...I don't think conventional weapons would do it. Secondly, I did some sleuthing and managed to find this: http://www.gearthhacks.com/dlfile24600/African-Meteor-Crater?.htm Third, when I plug in the coordinates available

Re: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread Alexander Seidel
Ok, ok - hi Dirk, so this is your crater! :-) Well, this changes my argument! Thank you, Jason. Alex Berlin/Germany Original-Nachricht Datum: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 11:15:00 -0700 Von: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED] An: Meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff:

[meteorite-list] My own website opened

2008-08-05 Thread Ma Lan
Hello Listees, Thanks for many list-members' help, my own website now is opened. See here Plz, Http://www.malanmeteorites.com or Http://www.chinameteorites.com Simply just as it is, my main interests will be focused on 1) Chinese newest fall or recovery; 2) Chinese tektites. I will add more

[meteorite-list] The Tunguska Mystery--100 Years Later (article from June 2008 issue of Scientific American)

2008-08-05 Thread Mal Bishop
Not sure if anyone posted this particular link awhile back around the anniversary of the Tunguska Event, but here's a fairly long article on SciAm's website from there June 2008 issue prepared by our friends from the University of Bologna ( http://www-th.bo.infn.it/tunguska/ ), Dr.'s

Re: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread m42protosun
Hello Dirk and all list members to whom it may concern, on my nightly hunt for inpact structures I have found the following candidates in Mongolia. 1. 46°40'57.79N, 102°37'33.29E 14/7 km complex 2. 44°53'38.60N, 98°23'50.64E1.0 km 3. 46°11'35.44N, 109° 6'53.56E 0.6 km 4,

Re: [meteorite-list] AD: Great Big Sale - Mistake

2008-08-05 Thread Eric Wichman
Hi All, As I was moving stuff around I made a 5g mistake in the weight of the Bassikounou. It's actually 415 grams... Stupid me! Sorry for the misprint, I simply forgot to double check my weight before I listed it. So to make things all better I've dropped the price from $1499 to only

Re: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and anew? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread Meteoriteshow
Hi Dirk, Many thanks for this very interesting page, Dirk. I appreciate to see the Bosumtwi crater in Ghana, where i have the chance to go whenever i like since i moved to Ghana. A beautiful and peaceful lake, where i like to go and spend a week-end from time to time, and one of the youngest

Re: [meteorite-list] AD* new Africa impact crater page and a new? crater?

2008-08-05 Thread drtanuki
Hi Jason, Thank you for your checking. Unfortunately, at 4am in the morning when I finished the page and added the last entry somehow the wrong coordinates were entered. The webpage has been corrected to reflect the correct coordinates: 21°21'34.57 N, 17° 01' 33.66 W The diameter is

[meteorite-list] Huge Ebay sale! Over $16, 000 in killer meteorites!

2008-08-05 Thread Mike Miller
Hello everyone I am having one the largest E bay sales I have ever had. Lots of high quality collection pieces up for sale and even a couple pieces out of my personal collection. Some items starting at $5 others at reduced prices. Have a look I even have a couple of pieces with holes in them.