I apologise for adding to this contentious issue but as a British subject, I
feel appropriate to make a few points
1: Yes, Mike. I think you're right, most of the rest of the world accepts Barak
Obama with open arms. There can be no denying that most of the rest of the
world thought Bush Jr. was a buffoon. I apologise for the non-meteorite related
nature of this point.
2: Having said that, NASA seem, now, to be committed to a return to the moon. I
am delighted by that as a citizen of the world. Only the US can really afford
such a venture and it was Bush who made the commitment. As a collector of lunar
meteorites, I am not concerned about the value of my stock. It wouldn't
surprise me if it went up, at least in my lifetime. No, I consider it far more
important that we go back. We will learn far more about the moon and possibly,
our own meteorites by going back to study the place. We must never forget, had
we not gone there in the late 60s/early 70s, we would not know with certainty
that the rocks we own come form there. The Moon is an important staging post to
Mars. One day we will go there. It will provide us with more informations about
our SNCs and maybe help us identify and rocks from Mars that look far more
terrestrial in origin. We know Mars has sedimentary rocks, now. Why are they
absent in our collections? That
we may eventually know the answer to these questions, makes me glad that the
decision to return to the moon was made.
3: Having heard about the Maple Leaves, I am intrigued and concerned. I'd love
to know more about them but I'd prefer to hear it off-list, direct from the
contributor that brought it to our attention in jest/irony.
May this be an end to the GWB matter?
(somehow I doubt it. Oh well)
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