And absolutely useless for a meteorite hunt. What a waste of taxpayer money. And they can't pay a penny for the stones people find?..............
Sent from my iPhone On May 3, 2012, at 12:44 PM, "Matson, Robert D." <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > I've actually been aboard a zeppelin just like this one while using it for > radar phenomenology studies in southern California about a decade ago. It's > a very cool ride, and certainly among the more unique modes of transportation > that you can take! --Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of karmaka > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2012 12:34 PM > To: met-list > Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite main mass hunting with a blimp > > Watch out for the blimp ! > > A new way of hunting the Sutter's Mill 'main mass': > > " Scientists today are mounting a massive search in the Sierra Nevada > foothills for meteorite fragments [...] Experts from NASA and the SETI > institute are en route to Sacramento this morning aboard a zeppelin provided > by Airship Ventures, based at Moffett Field in the Bay Area. They were > expected to stop briefly at McClellan Park airfield around 11 a.m., then lift > off again to spend the afternoon surveying foothill regions of Placer and El > Dorado counties. " > > http://www.sacbee.com/2012/05/03/4463578/scientists-on-the-hunt-for-meteorite.html > > Track the ship here: > > http://www.airshipventures.com/about/track-the-ship > > GOOD LUCK !! > > Martin > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
