Hey Steve! Man, there must be a helluva rip in the ozone layer along the entry path of that Chelyabinsk fall in the Urals. It's been a couple of weeks, so what do you think we..uh, rather they... should be watching out for?
I don't know what your smoking, but I'd like to get some. Contact me off List. Guido -----Original Message----- >From: Steve Dunklee <steve.dunk...@yahoo.com> >Sent: Mar 9, 2013 11:58 PM >To: Shawn Alan <photoph...@yahoo.com>, h...@meteorhall.com >Cc: Meteorite Central <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] How much will your meteorites be worth in the >FUTURE? > >I believe the site forgot to mention the primary value of astroids will be as >material we do not have to launch into space. The metals and anything with >water will have a great value for use in space construction, but the >achondrites that lack metal with have little value in space construction. The >cost of bringing anything back to earth from space will preserve metorite >prices, with the possible exception of achondrites ans lunars. Bringing >samples back from mars would in most cases increase the price as we would have >to build a facility to launch vehicals from mars which is why most reasonable >proposed mars missions are a one way trip with no return. A space elevator >would would lower costs some but the biggest Problem of sending stuff into >space is the large hole it makes in the ozone layer every time we send up a >rocket. Launches of the shuttle over the US in the 1980s caused disruptions in >the weather which included a rare tornado in december in > michigan. and most Hurricanes have been exactly two weeks after a major > launch of a rocket over the area of the hurricane. >Cheers >Steve Dunklee > >--- On Sun, 3/10/13, h...@meteorhall.com <h...@meteorhall.com> wrote: > >> From: h...@meteorhall.com <h...@meteorhall.com> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] How much will your meteorites be worth in the >> FUTURE? >> To: "Shawn Alan" <photoph...@yahoo.com> >> Cc: "Meteorite Central" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> >> Date: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 6:53 AM >> Looking into the crystal pallasite >> ball, in the year 2025, I see >> achondrite fragments at $1.00 per gram! However, they will >> lack the >> beautiful fusion crust of our meteorites. Besides, due to >> the UN Universal >> Museum Convention of 2035, all of our meteorites will be >> confiscated as >> historical and/or cultural artifacts...JUST KIDDING! Just >> fooling. That >> doesn't happen until 2075. :-) >> Fred >> >> >> Hello Listers >> > >> > Ever wonder how much an asteroid would yield in profit, >> gold, platinum, >> > o2, hydrogen? Well a website called http://www.asterank.com/ has done >> > that. >> > >> > There are over 600,000 asteroids and counting that are >> listed on the >> > website, where one can categorize in value, profit, or >> accessibility. >> > >> > Germania is value at $100 trillion with estimated value >> return to be >> > around $97 trillion. However, Germania is located 3.3 >> AU, so the distance >> > >> > can be a factor, but once technology improves, >> asteroids will have endless >> > supplies of natural resources. Lastly, >> > >> > There has been talks that by 2014, there will be >> asteroid hunting space >> > crafts in orbit. >> > >> > >> > Now in 20 to 30 year, will meteors coming into Earths >> atmosphere and >> > impacting with the Earth be the thing of the past? >> > >> > What will that do to meteorite collecting and will >> prices increase or >> > decrease because the average joe can go to the >> > >> > local Walmart and pick up a rock kit with over 5 pounds >> of rock from >> > space? Or will it make the meteorite a rare >> > >> > commodified object, more or less a reminder of what >> once was a common >> > occurrence but now is story left told in >> > >> > the history books, and meteorites will be view a relics >> and controlled >> > artifact? Only time will tell :) >> > >> > But til then, check out http://www.asterank.com/ and plan your next >> > expedition to an asteroid :) >> > >> > >> > Shawn Alan >> > IMCA 1633 >> > ebay store >> > http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633ny/m.html >> > http://meteoritefalls.com/ >> > ______________________________________________ >> > >> > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> > Meteorite-list mailing list >> > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> > >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >______________________________________________ > >Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >Meteorite-list mailing list >Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com >http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
