April 22, 2002 Greetings Mr. Sterling K. Webb and Fellow Meteorite Enthusiasts!
Thank you for that monumental response to my question about Mercurian meteorites! I have printed out your post for my growing meteorite library, a habit that is highly recommended by numismatists as well. Imagine, frozen water! Amazing! But now, after reading your extensive e-mail, I have another question. Why aren't we sending more probes and the like to Mercury? It seems just as fascinating and mysterious as Mars--- not to mention closer too, during its greatest distance from Earth. My goodness, I even read that when Mariner 10 was flown to study the first two inner planets in the mid-1970's, it was discovered that by flying near Venus, the spacecraft was pulled on by that planet's gravity, thus giving it a little "push" as so to speak, which saved on fuel and time while it traveled to Mercury. Long strewn fields! Mark Fox Newaygo, MI USA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Games - play chess, backgammon, pool and more http://games.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
