Hi Al: If I remember correctly, Tom Jones brought a meteorite up in the Shuttle on one of his flights.
Larry > Hi Richard and all, > > One of the Shuttle Missions I covered at the Kennedy Space Center, took up > seeds that were eventually brought back down and given to school kids to > plant later on to study any anomalies. > > I believe that meteorites (small) have been take up and brought back down > but not planted :-) > > Also Richard Montgomery, If I've told dealers and collectors once, I've > told > them a hundred times to not touch magnets to their meteorites as it > magnetizes them :-) Seriously though, studies on magnetic properties are > conducted and specimens that haven't been altered by magnets are needed to > check these weak magnetic fields. > > --AL Mitterling > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Kowalski" <[email protected]> > To: "Meteorite List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 9:28 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Moon Trees > > >> Changing threads here. >> >> Tracy, >> >> I believe you are talking about the "Moon Trees". Trees that were grown >> from seeds taken to the moon and brought back during the Apollo 14 >> mission. >> >> There are a number of first generation trees around the United States. >> >> We have one right outside the main entrance of the Lunar and Planetary >> Lab >> here in Tucson (between the Kuiper Space Sciences building and the >> Flandrau Planetarium) Ours is a Sycamore. I've collected some seeds from >> it and will be trying to sprout a second generation Moon Tree from it. >> >> The other species of Moon Trees are Loblolly Pine, Sweetgum, Redwood, >> and >> Douglas Fir. >> >> Since there has never been a mission that has returned from Mars, there >> are no "Mars Trees". (Yet) >> >> I have to say when I head into the office it is kinda neat to know the >> seed that this tree grew from did make a trip to the moon and back. >> >> More about Moon Trees and their locations can be found here: >> >> http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html >> >> -- >> Richard Kowalski >> Catalina Sky Survey >> Lunar and Planetary Laboratory >> University of Arizona >> http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/css/ >> >> >> >> >> --- On Fri, 7/2/10, tracy latimer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > From: tracy latimer <[email protected]> >> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorites are very powerful stones! >> > To: [email protected], [email protected] >> > Date: Friday, July 2, 2010, 5:34 PM >> > >> > I remember a short story about trees grown from seeds which >> > had been taken on expeditions to other planets. The >> > original tree was from a seed taken to the Moon, and it had >> > a calming effect on those nearby. The tree came down >> > (I don't remember the circumstances) and was replaced by a >> > seedling from a Mars expedition. Trouble is, the tree >> > was near some type of world peace conference... >> > >> > Best! >> > Tracy Latimer >> ______________________________________________ >> Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
