On Mon, 18 February 2002, Rick Nowak wrote > > One of the great deserts and semidesert regions of > the world, the Gobi stretches across Central Asia over > large areas of Mongolia and China. It occupies an arc > of land 1,000 mi (1,609 km) long and 300-600 mi > (500-1,000 km) wide, with an estimated area of 500,000 > sq mi (1,300,000 sq km). Since NWA and Oman are being > hit hard for meteorites I contacted the US Embassy in > Mongolia who will pursue their avenues to see if > meteorites can be bought and exported from Mongolia. > Let's see what turns up........... > >
The biggest problem here is extreme remoteness, and in many places (the best places) high altitude. I have thought of it quite often-- but it would be tough. Steve Schoner, AMS ___________________________________________________________________ Join the Space Program: Get FREE E-mail at http://www.space.com. ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
