The only thing the NYT editor and that horrible writer deserve to receive is a subpoena informing them of a class-action lawsuit for defamation and slander on the behalf of the meteorite community.
On 7/9/11, Yinan Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > Here we go again! > > Alright, anyone who wants to write a letter to the editor, follow > these instructions and email [email protected] > https://myaccount.nytimes.com/membercenter/feedback.html > > Also, here's useful contact information if you have problems with > something printed: > > The Times welcomes comments and suggestions, or complaints about > errors that warrant correction. Messages on news coverage can be > e-mailed to [email protected] or left toll-free at 1-888-NYT-NEWS > (1-888-698-6397 ). 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Permalink >> e.. >> >> It was two weeks before the liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission when Thomas >> Moser's boss walked into his office at NASA and announced, "We're putting >> a >> flag on the moon." >> >> Enlarge This Image >> >> Goldberg Coins and Collectibles >> At bottom, remnants of the American flag that went to the moon, signed by >> Mr. Armstrong, are expected to bring $100,000 at auction. >> >> Enlarge This Image >> >> NASA >> Buzz Aldrin in a photograph taken by Neil Armstrong. >> >> Mr. Moser, then a 30-year-old mechanical engineer, was put in charge of >> designing a flag mechanism that could not only fit into the lunar module >> and >> survive the flight, but also make the flag appear to fly on the windless >> moon. >> >> His solution involved two sections of a staff, a telescoping tube and a >> nylon flag bought at a local housing goods store (Sears, he thinks). But >> in >> order for the flag to fit the staff, its edges needed to be trimmed. "They >> were throwing it all in the trash," Mr. Moser recalled of the remnants in >> a >> recent interview, "so I picked it up out of the trash can, mounted it and >> had Neil Armstrong sign it." >> >> Forty-two years later, Mr. Moser is auctioning off those flag remnants. >> The >> expected selling price: $100,000. >> >> "There's so much attention on the manned space program right now that the >> timing may be good," Mr. Moser said, referring to the final launching of >> the >> space shuttle Atlantis on Friday. >> >> Mr. Moser's flag shreds are the star lot of an extensive space memorabilia >> auction being held in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Sunday. Other notable >> items >> include the astronaut Deke Slayton's handwritten training notes from the >> Mercury program and dozens of heat shields, crew patches and other >> ephemera >> that once transcended earthly bounds. >> >> For collectors, the remnants of the space flag are "comparable to a Betsy >> Ross flag or the flag flying over the port in Baltimore in 1812," said >> Michael Orenstein, who is overseeing the auction for Goldberg Coins and >> Collectibles. Two days before the auction, online pre-bidding for the lot >> had reached $49,999. >> >> But trading in space nostalgia can be a dangerous business. In June, >> investigators confiscated a triangular nub of transparent tape an eighth >> of >> an inch wide from an auction house in St. Louis because it contained tiny >> particles of moon dust. Selling moon rocks, no matter how small, is >> illegal, >> as is selling NASA property that the agency has not willingly disposed of. >> >> Mr. Orenstein said that his auction contained no moon particles, and that >> all NASA property in the sale had been discarded by the agency long ago. A >> NASA spokesman declined to comment on the status of the items. >> >> There are also economic concerns. The collectibles market tends to follow >> the overall economy; when money is tight, even avid collectors are less >> likely to spend money on memorabilia. But Mr. Orenstein said he believed >> that rule did not apply to one-of-a-kind items like the flag remnants. >> "Just >> give me two flag collectors who can't live without it," he said. >> >> As for Mr. Moser, he does not plan to attend the auction, but he was at >> Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday to watch the Atlantis lift off. >> "I >> spent most of my life developing the shuttle," said Mr. Moser, who retired >> from NASA in 1989 after 25 years with the agency. "I was there from sketch >> pad to launch pad." >> >> A version of this article appeared in print on July 10, 2011, on page A15 >> of >> the New York edition with the headline: Shreds of History, Going on the >> Block. >> >> ------------------------- >> Phil Whitmer >> ______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Galactic Stone & Ironworks - Meteorites & Amber (Michael Gilmer) Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://tinyurl.com/42h79my News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________ 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
