Re: [meteorite-list] stolen lunar meteorites

[Tom aka james Knudson]

Hello Al and List, If we could decide where are tax money went, I would send mine to NASA!

Thanks, Tom
The proudest member of the I.M.C.A. #6168




From: almitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Tom aka James Knudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CC: meteorite-list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] stolen lunar meteorites
Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2003 19:50:40 -0500

Hi Tom and list,

It is my believe and opinion that America, its tax payers benefited greatly from this
sound investment of going to the moon. The computer you are typing on now is one such
spin off and there are hundreds of more spin-offs not to mention the Lunar Samples
that were returned. The Apollo Program didn't cost us, it paid us with knowledge and
technology.

I don't know where you live or how close you are to a space museum but I have seen
several dozens of lunar samples over the years, perhaps as many as a hundred
specimens. I have helped a curator, unvault a fairly large sample and place it in the
protective case but got to hold the triangular encasement and look at the sample real
close up and appreciate it in all its glory. I have seen many samples in the nice
little plastic encasements that are used with microscopes that are on loan to those
wanting to display, study samples. We have even had samples loan through a teacher
(who had credentials to get this material) in our relatively small town. A trip to the
Smithsonian will allow you to see lunar samples.

I'm not really a pro-NASA supporter (neither am I against) but considering how small
of a piece of the pie they got in the Apollo era to do what they did, I wish all of
our government agencies could run as effectively as NASA did at that time. We would
get a 90% refund check each year!

--AL


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