Thanks Chris. There's no difference in our objectives is there?
Methodologies. Whatever.
Jerry Flaherty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Magnetite/Glass Meteorite Balls
Hi Jerry-
I also operated our dust collector as a school experiment (K-8). The kids
were involved in designing the collector, and responsible for taking the
data. I did teach that most or all of the material we could see was almost
certainly terrestrial, but that didn't dampen the sense of adventure every
time the samples went under the microscope. And there were those few
spherical particles that we couldn't be certain of...
Chris
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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Flaherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Chris Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Meteorite List"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Magnetite/Glass Meteorite Balls
Scientificly and statistically accurate in every detail I'm sure. But
when I brought this debris to class the next day the kids were extatic
that such possibilities exist. That matter extraneous to our own earth
might be within their reach. I purposely failed to tell them, though that
the whole of the planet was made of such extraneous material cause I
didn't want to dampen that wonderful enthusiasm.
Because I sensed that such entusiasm leads to dreams and visions that
lead humankind toward distant horizons yet to be thought of much less
seen.
I realize that this list is made up of a wide range of interests,
backgrounds and abilities.
I present this anecdotal example as a personal experience. Holding and
sharing those specks gave most everyone a mind opening delight, including
myself. Today due to List membership I've been able to acquire, to me, a
treasure beyond price. But, but, but I still reflect on that experience
as a trifle more enduring than all the rest.
Oh, and afterall, the suggestion to "experiment"[the use is figurative of
course] came from no less an authority than Jack Horkiemer "Keep Looking
Up", the great populizer of Astronomy.
We sometimes wonder why funds for the further major expoloration of SPACE
have a habit of drying up. Why the "average" citizen could give a &*^%
about Mars or whatever.
I understand that scientific research requires sustained focus,
deliberation, precision and repeatable experimentation. That conclusions
based on limited experience are dubious.
Seems I remember somewhere hearing that at one time the notion that
anything could fall out of the sky was preposterous.
So I do like to keep an open mind to possibilities outside and inside too
of my experience.
Science and technology are mind blowing in their contribution to our
lives today.
But you got to have that average nondedicated person cough up the dough
though if we'll ever see that persuit of a goal that flourished during
Apollo period.
Jerry Flaherty
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