Marc, It is just that every newspaper article and every interview usually touches on the fact that collectors get all the material and science is left in the dark. I am proving the point that commercial and private collectors actually provide the bulk of the material to science. We have likely recovered over 20 stones from this fall, thankfully before any precipitation, so almost all stones (except the bird crap pieces and the dog-slobber stone) are pristine. I rapidly donated a piece I found to TCU, am working on getting some more into another major museum collecdti
--- On Wed, 3/4/09, Fries, Marc D <[email protected]> wrote: From: Fries, Marc D <[email protected]> Subject: [meteorite-list] Well okay then To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2009, 9:59 AM Howdy all I¹ve received a few ...em... ³spirited² responses to my last email that tell me that it didn¹t exactly read the way I intended. I wasn¹t trying to be a hero because I bought a plane ticket, I was trying to say that traveling on ³your own dime² isn¹t what scientists are used to doing. Someone had made the comment that there were no scientists to be seen at West, and I agree that is ridiculous. Scientists travel to Antarctica every year to collect meteorites, but no one could be bothered to fly to Austin!? How many people who spend their lives studying meteorites just passed up a chance to see an actual, fresh strewn field?? (not to mention the kolaches) Funny thing is, I was actually agreeing with some of the nasty-grams I¹ve received. Sounds like I touched a nerve. Can I suggest that y¹all spare me the wrath, and direct it instead at the scientists who weren¹t actually there? Cheers, MDF ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
