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Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:57
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Be like Mike
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A couple of items about Mike Farmer's journey:
1. All "meteorites are deemed owned by the Geological Survey of
India, without compensation." Adam Hupe tells me that he didn't visit India
for a recovery effort because he couldn't obtain a permit. It is Mike's
responsibility to be aware of local law. Mike is apparently about to leave
India with a 14 gram fragment obtained without a permit.
If the members of this list endorse this legally questionable
action, I want to state that I do not.
2. Mike wrote that "liberal, if not quite true use of the word
"University"" allowed him access to the recovered fragments.
Shades of Ron Farrell (Bethany Science) a "Yale Professor" when
"necessary."
Meteorite recovery where "the ends justify the means" shines a very dim
light on the hobby at an already very dark time.
What would Harvey do?
Kevin Kichinka
