[meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera
I know that this is off topic, but not really considering all the valuable data that those brave Apollo Astronauts brought back for science. And even today the rocks are being studied and the radionuclide's detected tell us the age and also the resources that we might obtain should the United States ever return and complete what we should have done decades ago. And in a way it does relate to our quest of and classification of lunar meteorites, without that data that they brought back, comparisons and identifications of lunar meteorites would be harder than they are now. The issue that bothers me is the fact that Dr. Ed Mitchell, sixth man to set foot on the Moon was sued by the United States Goverment for having and wanting to sell a DAC Camera that would otherwise have been destroyed on the Moon. All Apollo Lunar Astronauts were given the incentive to retain items from the LM if they met weight requirements as per the Mission Commander's approval at the time of the mission. So for four decades he held on to this camera... Till he decided to auction it in his now 80 years of life. NASA and our Government then sued him for possession. And under that duress he surrendered the camera. This is a travesty, done to a great man, recipient of the Medal of Freedom, And the lawsuit is a disgrace,,, Shame on NASA and our Government for treating him so. So with that in mind I posted a video on Youtube with a call for public action to rectify this disgrace. First see this one as background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bttkWVERGVs Then my video with a call for action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3DtuH_-5s Legal actions by our Government for seizure of such artifacts, due to their loss of records affects all that have Apollo memorabilia. And of the over 1000 members of this list there may be some that have such artifacts. I have two Apollo artifacts that have no record of transfer. One was given to me by a personal friend Eugene Shoemaker, and the other I won in an Ebay auction. Most true Apollo Mission artifacts that are being bought,sold and auctioned are in the same category, no records of transfer. It is events like this lawsuit against Ed Mitchell that really upsets my trust in our Government, which seems to be out of control... As if there are things more important than improving our economy and doing some good for all. Steve P.S. Hope I have not taxed anyone with my long OT post. Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3341/4eb24164b297b101fst02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera
Hello Steve, All Dr. Mitchell lives about 10 miles from me. I for one will be contacting our local reps on his behalf. The Zag arrived just fine. John - Original Message - From: Steve Schoner scho...@mybluelight.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:22 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera I know that this is off topic, but not really considering all the valuable data that those brave Apollo Astronauts brought back for science. And even today the rocks are being studied and the radionuclide's detected tell us the age and also the resources that we might obtain should the United States ever return and complete what we should have done decades ago. And in a way it does relate to our quest of and classification of lunar meteorites, without that data that they brought back, comparisons and identifications of lunar meteorites would be harder than they are now. The issue that bothers me is the fact that Dr. Ed Mitchell, sixth man to set foot on the Moon was sued by the United States Goverment for having and wanting to sell a DAC Camera that would otherwise have been destroyed on the Moon. All Apollo Lunar Astronauts were given the incentive to retain items from the LM if they met weight requirements as per the Mission Commander's approval at the time of the mission. So for four decades he held on to this camera... Till he decided to auction it in his now 80 years of life. NASA and our Government then sued him for possession. And under that duress he surrendered the camera. This is a travesty, done to a great man, recipient of the Medal of Freedom, And the lawsuit is a disgrace,,, Shame on NASA and our Government for treating him so. So with that in mind I posted a video on Youtube with a call for public action to rectify this disgrace. First see this one as background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bttkWVERGVs Then my video with a call for action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3DtuH_-5s Legal actions by our Government for seizure of such artifacts, due to their loss of records affects all that have Apollo memorabilia. And of the over 1000 members of this list there may be some that have such artifacts. I have two Apollo artifacts that have no record of transfer. One was given to me by a personal friend Eugene Shoemaker, and the other I won in an Ebay auction. Most true Apollo Mission artifacts that are being bought,sold and auctioned are in the same category, no records of transfer. It is events like this lawsuit against Ed Mitchell that really upsets my trust in our Government, which seems to be out of control... As if there are things more important than improving our economy and doing some good for all. Steve P.S. Hope I have not taxed anyone with my long OT post. Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3341/4eb24164b297b101fst02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Gao Guenie http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day (Gao-Guenie)
http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp Hitchhiking chondrules :-) Beautiful, breathtaking, stunning! Thanks, Paul and Gary, for sharing this Gao-Guenie vehicle on wheels with the Meteorite Community! Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
ummm, suddenly, i have the urge for sauteed mushrooms for breakfast. Super pic, thanks. John - Original Message - From: valpar...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 7:00 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day Gao Guenie http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
It's a pobble! (Edward Lear) Great Pic. - Original Message - From: valpar...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 11:00 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day Gao Guenie http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera
Shame on Nasa. To do this to a great man is a travesty. I have left my comment on YouTube. David R Childs - Original Message - From: Steve Schoner scho...@mybluelight.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 7:22 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera I know that this is off topic, but not really considering all the valuable data that those brave Apollo Astronauts brought back for science. And even today the rocks are being studied and the radionuclide's detected tell us the age and also the resources that we might obtain should the United States ever return and complete what we should have done decades ago. And in a way it does relate to our quest of and classification of lunar meteorites, without that data that they brought back, comparisons and identifications of lunar meteorites would be harder than they are now. The issue that bothers me is the fact that Dr. Ed Mitchell, sixth man to set foot on the Moon was sued by the United States Goverment for having and wanting to sell a DAC Camera that would otherwise have been destroyed on the Moon. All Apollo Lunar Astronauts were given the incentive to retain items from the LM if they met weight requirements as per the Mission Commander's approval at the time of the mission. So for four decades he held on to this camera... Till he decided to auction it in his now 80 years of life. NASA and our Government then sued him for possession. And under that duress he surrendered the camera. This is a travesty, done to a great man, recipient of the Medal of Freedom, And the lawsuit is a disgrace,,, Shame on NASA and our Government for treating him so. So with that in mind I posted a video on Youtube with a call for public action to rectify this disgrace. First see this one as background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bttkWVERGVs Then my video with a call for action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3DtuH_-5s Legal actions by our Government for seizure of such artifacts, due to their loss of records affects all that have Apollo memorabilia. And of the over 1000 members of this list there may be some that have such artifacts. I have two Apollo artifacts that have no record of transfer. One was given to me by a personal friend Eugene Shoemaker, and the other I won in an Ebay auction. Most true Apollo Mission artifacts that are being bought,sold and auctioned are in the same category, no records of transfer. It is events like this lawsuit against Ed Mitchell that really upsets my trust in our Government, which seems to be out of control... As if there are things more important than improving our economy and doing some good for all. Steve P.S. Hope I have not taxed anyone with my long OT post. Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3341/4eb24164b297b101fst02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera
Shame, Shame, Shame. Thomas Jefferson is rolling over in his grave, being a champion of alloidal ownership of (real) property. The Bavarians had it right when they established (1813) _Nullum crimen, nulla poena sine praevia lege poenali_ and luckily internationally this is the precedent applied. So Mitchell should have given it away to a foreign collector and he would have been in the clear. Besides the obvious connection to space traveling merchandise, this is of concern to all US collectors for understanding what the government can and can't regulate ex-post facto. Administrative Agencies such as NASA have the ability to distort retroactively the interpretation of the law, such as the present case with abandoned property - the camera - (vs. eminent domain for real property); The US Supreme Court, in setting a landmark precedent ruled in 1928: ...The power to require readjustments for the past is drastic. [It may reasonably exist in cases where the particular rate has been approved by the Commission after full hearing;] it ought not to be extended so as to permit unreasonably harsh action without very plain words BRIMSTONE R. CANAL CO. v. UNITED STATES et. al., 276 US 104 (1928); 276 US 104 No. 240 Argued Oct. 10, 11, 1927; Decided Feb. 20, 1928. Kindest wishes Doug -Original Message- From: David R Childs david.chil...@btinternet.com To: Steve Schoner scho...@mybluelight.com Cc: Meteorite-list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 7:07 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera Shame on Nasa. To do this to a great man is a travesty. I have left my comment on YouTube. David R Childs - Original Message - From: Steve Schoner scho...@mybluelight.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 7:22 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera I know that this is off topic, but not really considering all the valuable data that those brave Apollo Astronauts brought back for science. And even today the rocks are being studied and the radionuclide's detected tell us the age and also the resources that we might obtain should the United States ever return and complete what we should have done decades ago. And in a way it does relate to our quest of and classification of lunar meteorites, without that data that they brought back, comparisons and identifications of lunar meteorites would be harder than they are now. The issue that bothers me is the fact that Dr. Ed Mitchell, sixth man to set foot on the Moon was sued by the United States Goverment for having and wanting to sell a DAC Camera that would otherwise have been destroyed on the Moon. All Apollo Lunar Astronauts were given the incentive to retain items from the LM if they met weight requirements as per the Mission Commander's approval at the time of the mission. So for four decades he held on to this camera... Till he decided to auction it in his now 80 years of life. NASA and our Government then sued him for possession. And under that duress he surrendered the camera. This is a travesty, done to a great man, recipient of the Medal of Freedom, And the lawsuit is a disgrace,,, Shame on NASA and our Government for treating him so. So with that in mind I posted a video on Youtube with a call for public action to rectify this disgrace. First see this one as background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bttkWVERGVs Then my video with a call for action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3DtuH_-5s Legal actions by our Government for seizure of such artifacts, due to their loss of records affects all that have Apollo memorabilia. And of the over 1000 members of this list there may be some that have such artifacts. I have two Apollo artifacts that have no record of transfer. One was given to me by a personal friend Eugene Shoemaker, and the other I won in an Ebay auction. Most true Apollo Mission artifacts that are being bought,sold and auctioned are in the same category, no records of transfer. It is events like this lawsuit against Ed Mitchell that really upsets my trust in our Government, which seems to be out of control... As if there are things more important than improving our economy and doing some good for all. Steve P.S. Hope I have not taxed anyone with my long OT post. Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3341/4eb24164b297b101fst02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at
[meteorite-list] MRO HiRISE Images - November 2, 2011
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER HIRISE IMAGES November 2, 2011 o Lava Flow Constricted between Topographic Obstacles http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_020580_2035 This constriction seems to have disrupted the flow and produced a platy-ridged surface on the down-flow side of the constriction point. o Brain-Coral Texture on Crater Floor http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023649_1360 This crater floor has a hummocky texture (brain-coral-like), and curved structures, possibly from glacial-like flow. o Gullies with Varied Shapes on a Crater Wall http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_023665_1410 A couple of gullies in this image are unusual because a segment in the middle becomes wider than the upslope segment, and then narrows again downslope. o The Eastern Floor of Aram Chaos http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ESP_024266_1830 The interplay between the dunes, eroded landforms and the various other light and dark-toned materials provides clues to the relative ages of the geologic processes and the nature of the materials. All of the HiRISE images are archived here: http://hirise.lpl.arizona.edu/ Information about the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is online at http://www.nasa.gov/mro. The mission is managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of the California Institute of Technology, for the NASA Science Mission Directorate, Washington, D.C. Lockheed Martin Space Systems, of Denver, is the prime contractor and built the spacecraft. HiRISE is operated by the University of Arizona. Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., of Boulder, Colo., built the HiRISE instrument. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - October 31, 2011
http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_10_31_11.asp Dawn Journal Dr. Marc Rayman October 31, 2011 Dear Dawnderfuls, Dawn has completed another wonderfully successful phase of its exploration of Vesta, studying it in unprecedented detail during the past month. From the time of its discovery more than two centuries ago until just a few months ago, this protoplanet appeared as hardly more than a fuzzy blob, an indistinct fleck in the sky. Now Dawn has mapped it with exquisite clarity, revealing a fascinatingly complex alien world. The high altitude mapping orbit (HAMO) includes the most intensive and thorough imaging of the entire year Dawn will reside at Vesta. Spectacular as the results from survey orbit were, the observations from HAMO are significantly better. From four times closer to the surface, Dawn's sensors provided much better views of the extraordinary surface of craters large and small, tremendous mountains, valleys, towering cliffs, ridges, smooth and flat regions, gently rolling plains, systems of extensive troughs, many clusters of smaller grooves, immense landslides, enormous boulders, materials that are unusually bright and others that are unusually dark (sometimes adjacent to each other), and myriad other dramatic and intriguing features. There is no reason to try to capture in words what visual creatures like humans can best appreciate in pictures. To see the sites, which literally are out of this world, either go to Vesta or go here http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/imageoftheday/archives.asp. Circling the colossus 680 kilometers (420 miles) beneath it in HAMO, the probe has spent most of its time over the illuminated side taking pictures and other scientific measurements and most of the time over the dark side beaming its precious findings back to eager Earthlings. Dawn revolves in a polar orbit around Vesta, passing above the north pole, then traveling over the day side to the south pole, and then soaring north over the night side. Each circuit takes 12.3 hours. Meanwhile, Vesta completes a rotation on its axis every 5.3 hours. Mission planners choreographed this beautiful cosmic pas de deux by choosing the orbital parameters so that in 10 orbits, nearly every part of the lit surface would come within the camera's field of view. (Because it is northern hemisphere winter on that world, a region around the north pole is hidden in the deep dark of night. Its appearance in Dawn's pictures will have to wait for HAMO2.) A set of 10 orbits is known to Dawn team members (and now to you) as a mapping cycle. Although the HAMO phase was extremely complex, it was executed almost flawlessly, following remarkably well the intricate plan worked out in great detail last year. It consisted of six mapping cycles, and they were conducted in order of their overall importance. In the first cycle, Dawn aimed its camera straight down and took pictures with all of the instrument's color filters. In addition to showing the startling diversity of exotic features, the color images provide scientists some information about the composition of the surface materials, which display an impressive variation on this mysterious protoplanet. Cycle 1 yielded more than 2500 photos of Vesta, nearly as many as were acquired in the entire survey orbit phase. These observations were deemed so important that not only were they first, but cycle 6 was designed to acquire nearly the same data. This strategy was formulated so that if problems precluded the successful mapping in cycle 1, there would be a second chance without requiring the small and busy operations team to make new plans. As it turned out, there were only minor glitches that interfered with some of the pictures in cycle 1, but the losses were not important. Nevertheless, cycle 6 did fill in most of the missing views. Cycles 2 through 5 were devoted to acquiring images needed to develop a topographical map. Instead of flying over the sunlit side with its camera pointed straight down, the spacecraft looked at an angle. Each direction was chosen to provide scientists the best combination of perspective and illumination to build up a three dimensional picture of the surface. Knowing the elevations of different features and the angles of slopes is essential to understanding the geological processes that shaped them. In cycle 2, the camera constantly was directed at the terrain ahead and a little to the left of the point directly below the spacecraft. Cycle 3, in contrast, looked back and slightly to the left. Cycle 4 pointed straight ahead but by a smaller angle than in cycle 2. Cycle 5 did not look forward or backwards; it only observed the surface to the right. With the extensive stereo coverage in each of these 10-orbit mapping cycles, most of the terrain now has been photographed from enough different directions that the detailed shape of the alien landscape can be determined. The HAMO observations constitute the most comprehensive visible mapping
[meteorite-list] NPP/MSL update - November 3, 2011
Nov. 3, 2011 George H. Diller Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 george.h.dil...@nasa.gov STATUS REPORT: ELV-110311 EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT Spacecraft: NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920 Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 2 Launch Date: Oct. 28, 2011 Launch Time: 2:48:01.828 a.m. PDT Orbital Altitude: 512 miles At Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., the liftoff of the Delta II rocket carrying NASA's NPP spacecraft occurred at 2:48:01.828 a.m. PDT. Spacecraft separation from the second stage of the rocket occurred 58 minutes after launch at 3:46 a.m. The spacecraft's solar arrays successfully deployed 67 minutes after liftoff and immediately began supplying power to the 4,994-pound satellite. Then, at 4:26 a.m. PDT, the deployment sequence began for the six CubeSat research satellites from four universities as elements of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa) missions. NPP represents a critical first step in building the next-generation of Earth-observing satellites. NPP will carry the first of the new sensors developed for this satellite fleet, now known as the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), to be launched in 2016. NPP is the bridge between NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites and the forthcoming series of JPSS satellites. The mission will test key technologies and instruments for the JPSS missions. Spacecraft: Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) Launch Vehicle: Atlas V-541 (AV-028) Launch Site: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. Launch Pad: Space Launch Complex 41 Launch Date: Nov. 25, 2011 Launch Time: 10:25 a.m. EST The Mars Science Laboratory was moved from NASA Kennedy Space Center's Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility (PHSF) to Space Launch Complex 41 during the early morning of Nov. 3 and hoisted atop the Atlas V. MSL was hoisted atop the payload transporter in the PHSF on Nov. 2 after being integrated into the Atlas V rocket payload fairing. Curiosity has 10 science instruments to search for evidence about whether Mars has had environments favorable for microbial life, including chemical ingredients for life. The unique rover will use a laser to look inside rocks and release the gasses so that its spectrometer can analyze and send the data back to Earth. Previous status reports are available at: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/status/index.html -end- __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: October 26 - November 01, 2011
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: On the Lookout for Light-Toned Material - sols 2757-2763, October 26 - November 01, 2011: The seasonal plan for Opportunity is to winter over on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour crater where northerly tilts are favorable for solar array energy production. As such, the project has been driving the rover towards the north end of the cape with a route along the west side that creates opportunities for science along the way. The science team is on the lookout for veins of light-toned material and has found some. On Sol 2758 (Oct. 27, 2011), Opportunity traveled north/northwest about 180 feet (55 meters) heading toward a geologic contact that borders Cape York on the west. The next drive on Sol 2760 (Oct. 29, 2011), moved the rover roughly north to the contact. Imagery from the end of the Sol 2760 drive showed these light-toned veins the science team was searching for, one just a few feet (meters) in front of the rover. On Sol 2763 (Nov. 1, 2011), Opportunity bumped 12 feet (3.7 meters) placing this light-toned vein, called Homestake within reach of the rover's robotic arm. The plan ahead is to collect some Microscopic Imager (MI) images of the vein and place the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) on the vein itself for an overnight integration. As of Sol 2763 (Nov. 1, 2011), solar array energy production was 304 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.752 and a solar array dust factor of 0.494. Total odometry is 21.25 miles (34,199.25 meters, or 34.20 kilometers). __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] EPOXI Mission Status Report - October 20, 2011
http://epoxi.umd.edu/1mission/status.shtml EPOXI Mission Status Report Michael A'Hearn October 20, 2011 The spacecraft went through a cool-down period at the end of September to optimize the capabilities of the near-IR spectrometer and to carry out a Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM). This maneuver changed our target point based on our improved knowledge of the position of the comet relative to the spacecraft. We think that the new target point will be within 100-200 km of the desired flyby point (which is 700 km from the nucleus). We expect our next and final TCM to be on October 27. We have a contingency plan for a TCM on November 2 in case the previous TCM does not perform as expected. We have been receiving Hartley 2 data from a variety of other spacecraft and collaborators. The WISE mission released data acquired in May. Those data will be useful in understanding the onset of activity by the comet as it approaches the sun in its orbit. Weaver et al. released Hubble Space Telescope images acquired on September 25. The HST images are particularly valuable because they allowed us to confirm that the cometary nucleus is separable from the coma. Eventually, we will be able to separate the nucleus from the coma within our own data. For now, HST has a huge advantage over our own cameras in this respect due to the much larger aperture of HST coupled with the fact that Earth and HST were much closer to the comet than was our spacecraft. These data are consistent with earlier determinations of the size of the nucleus. We have also been receiving widespread reports of jets in the coma of the comet. The first such report was from Matthew Knight and colleagues http://www.lowell.edu/rsch/content/comets/hartley2/hartley2.html at Lowell Observatory who found jets in the gas (the unstable radical CN) but not in the dust during an August observing run . Since then, we have had more recent reports of jets from both professional and amateur observers. Since the Deep Impact spacecraft has its cameras dedicated to monitoring Hartley 2 during this phase of the mission, we now have an advantage over other observatories and telescopes because we have nearly continuous coverage (16 out of every 24 hours). We too see fluctuations and jet-like structures in our data that are presumed to be due to variations in the release of dust and gas as the nucleus rotates. More excitingly, we have discovered a new cometary phenomenon! In September, outgassing from CN, as detected by the MRI, increased slowly by a factor of 5 and then slowly decreased while the dust showed no dramatic change. This activity took place over the course of 16 days. We are unaware of any other instances of this type of activity in any other comets and it is very different from the dust outbursts observed with the same instrument at Tempel 1. (Reported in CBET 2512 http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/cbet/RecentCBETs.html, which requires a subscription to view.) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] EPOXI Mission Status Report - November 1, 2011
http://epoxi.umd.edu/1mission/status.shtml EPOXI Mission Status Report Michael A'Hern November 1, 2011 As we approach the anniversary of the EPOXI flyby of Hartley 2, it is time to look at what we have learned about comets from this mission. In the first week of October, a special session of the annual DPS meeting http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011/, jointly held with the European Planetary Science Congress, highlighted recent mission results in an all-day session http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2011/session/8405. Key results from EPOXI included: * new evidence that the two lobes of Hartley 2 are different in composition, * separation of the icy grains from the refractory grains quantitatively improved statistics on the motion of the large chunks in the coma, * the correlation of surface ice with topography on the nucleus, * an analysis of spectra showing that the thermal inertia of the nucleus is very small (highest surface temperature at noon rather than in the afternoon). The results for the abundances of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO_2 ) relative to water mesh nicely with results from the Akari satellite on these abundances in other comets and the results on deuterium in Hartley 2 suggest that the origin of comets needs to be rethought. Meanwhile, NASA has decided that there will be a senior review of all operating planetary exploration missions. That will likely include a review of the status of the Deep Impact Flyby spacecraft to determine whether an additional extended mission should be approved. Decisions will not occur until early 2012. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: El Hammami 6,055 grams
Hello list, I have a fresh 6,055 gram fragment of El Hammami H5 with crust for sale from M Casper. Before I cut this up and sell the slices, I wanted to offer the whole fragment for sale. I have seen this material offered at $1.90/g and higher on some web sites. I am taking offers on this piece - I will consider offers of at least 50 cents/gram. email me off-list if you are interested in pictures or would like to make a serious offer. Thanks, -Bill __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: El Hammami 6,055 grams
Bill wrote: [meteorite-list] AD: El Hammami 6,055 grams Bill dreadrock.net at gmail.com Thu Nov 3 14:14:47 EDT 2011 Hello list, I have a fresh 6,055 gram fragment of El Hammami H5 with crust for sale from M Casper. Before I cut this up and sell the slices, I wanted to offer the whole fragment for sale. I have seen this material offered at $1.90/g and higher on some web sites. I am taking offers on this piece - I will consider offers of at least 50 cents/gram. email me off-list if you are interested in pictures or would like to make a serious offer. Thanks, -Bill BTW: I for one can say, that this is a VERY under-rated meteorite. I am in the process of finishing four petrographic slides of EL Hammami and even in the final stages of prep with my petrographic scope I can see amazing structures. This meteorite in thin section will not disappoint anyone. It is a great witnessed fall. Steve Schoner IMCA Member Emeritus #4470 http://www.petroslid4es.com Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3341/4eb2dd524fccb29ee6st02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] EPOXI Mission Status Report - October 20, 2011
Ummm, hi Ron, you have the date wrong for this update... this is from 20 Oct 2010 (not 2011)!! We got pretty busy and weren't able to get any PI updates for a long time until the most recent one which we posted yesterday... Clear Skies! Elizabeth EPOXI webmaster warne...@astro.umd.edu 301-405-6555 On 11/3/2011 2:07 PM, Ron Baalke wrote: http://epoxi.umd.edu/1mission/status.shtml EPOXI Mission Status Report Michael A'Hearn October 20, 2011 The spacecraft went through a cool-down period at the end of September to optimize the capabilities of the near-IR spectrometer and to carry out a Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM). This maneuver __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Not just one cause for Ice Age die-off
Climate change linked to Ice-Age animal extinctions by Wendy Koch, USA TODAY, Nov. 3, 2011 http://content.usatoday.com/communities/greenhouse/post/2011/11/climate-change-extinction-ice-age-mammals/1?csp=34news Climate Change Drove Extinction of Ice Age Mammals, Study Says, Bloombergm November 03, 2011 http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-11-03/climate-change-drove-extinction-of-ice-age-mammals-study-says.html Study: Not just one cause for Ice Age die-off By Dan Vergano, November 3, 2011 http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/8588809-418/study-not-just-one-cause-for-ice-age-die-off.html The paper is: Lorenzen, E. D., D. Nogués-Bravo, L. Orlando, et al., 2011, Species-specific responses of Late Quaternary megafauna to climate and humans. Nature. Published online 02 November 2011 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature10574.html Yours, Paul H. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Astronaut Ed Mitchell surrenders DAC Camera
I assume this means that the US government has solved every other problem facing its citizens. Udder ridiculousness. Don't tread on me, Michael in so. Cal. On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:22 AM, Steve Schoner scho...@mybluelight.com wrote: I know that this is off topic, but not really considering all the valuable data that those brave Apollo Astronauts brought back for science. And even today the rocks are being studied and the radionuclide's detected tell us the age and also the resources that we might obtain should the United States ever return and complete what we should have done decades ago. And in a way it does relate to our quest of and classification of lunar meteorites, without that data that they brought back, comparisons and identifications of lunar meteorites would be harder than they are now. The issue that bothers me is the fact that Dr. Ed Mitchell, sixth man to set foot on the Moon was sued by the United States Goverment for having and wanting to sell a DAC Camera that would otherwise have been destroyed on the Moon. All Apollo Lunar Astronauts were given the incentive to retain items from the LM if they met weight requirements as per the Mission Commander's approval at the time of the mission. So for four decades he held on to this camera... Till he decided to auction it in his now 80 years of life. NASA and our Government then sued him for possession. And under that duress he surrendered the camera. This is a travesty, done to a great man, recipient of the Medal of Freedom, And the lawsuit is a disgrace,,, Shame on NASA and our Government for treating him so. So with that in mind I posted a video on Youtube with a call for public action to rectify this disgrace. First see this one as background: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bttkWVERGVs Then my video with a call for action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH3DtuH_-5s Legal actions by our Government for seizure of such artifacts, due to their loss of records affects all that have Apollo memorabilia. And of the over 1000 members of this list there may be some that have such artifacts. I have two Apollo artifacts that have no record of transfer. One was given to me by a personal friend Eugene Shoemaker, and the other I won in an Ebay auction. Most true Apollo Mission artifacts that are being bought,sold and auctioned are in the same category, no records of transfer. It is events like this lawsuit against Ed Mitchell that really upsets my trust in our Government, which seems to be out of control... As if there are things more important than improving our economy and doing some good for all. Steve P.S. Hope I have not taxed anyone with my long OT post. Penny Stock Jumping 3000% Sign up to the #1 voted penny stock newsletter for free today! http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3341/4eb24164b297b101fst02duc __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] JPL Documentary Series is Ready to Launch on KCET
JPL News release: 2011-339 Nov. 3, 2011 JPL Documentary Series is Ready to Launch on KCET A documentary series about NASA'?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, collectively called Beginnings of the Space Age, will air on KCET TV over three weeks, with the first program airing tonight, Nov. 3. The schedule is as follows (all times PT): --The American Rocketeer on Nov. 3 at 9 p.m. and Nov. 5 at 10 p.m. --Explorer 1 on Nov. 10 at 9 p.m. and Nov. 12 at 10 p.m. --Destination Moon on Nov. 17 at 9 p.m. and Nov. 19 at 10 p.m. The first film in the series, The American Rocketeer, played to a near-full house at the California Institute of Technology's Beckman Auditorium on Oct. 25, and now the three-part series chronicling the early history of JPL will air for other Southern California residents to enjoy. The American Rocketeer tells the fascinating story of Frank Malina, who led a group of Caltech students and rocket enthusiasts in the first rocket tests 75 years ago, on the site that is now JPL. Explorer 1 reveals the background behind the development and launch of the first successful U.S. satellite, designed and built by JPL. Destination Moon documents JPL's ambitious plan to beat the Soviet Union in robotic space exploration by reaching not only for the moon, but also the inner planets. All three episodes in the series were produced, written and directed by Blaine Baggett, JPL's director of communications and education. For information about the history of JPL and the 75-year anniversary, visit: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/rocketeer/ . More information about JPL, which Caltech manages for NASA, is online at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov . - end - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA
This is my final statement re the earlier post About claims made by Darryl Pitt and myself: Those interested see below: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Falderal.html -- ³It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.² __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA
Hi, The apology is appreciated. Thank you. Darryl On Nov 3, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Michael Blood wrote: This is my final statement re the earlier post About claims made by Darryl Pitt and myself: Those interested see below: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Falderal.html -- “It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.” __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA
Michael, It takes a big man to come out and publicly admit in great detail that he that made mistakes, as well as making an apology not only to Darryl, but to those in the IMCA and the Met List who may have been offended as well. You are indeed a man of character for coming out and taking full responsibility for your mistakes. I applaud your honesty and humility. My faith in you is firm, and I hope that others will feel the same way. I also hope that Darryl will accept your apology as it was offered most sincerely. I hope that the two of you can be friends once again, and not just for the duration of a beer in Tucson. Best Regards, Ed Deckert IMCA #8911 - Original Message - From: Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA This is my final statement re the earlier post About claims made by Darryl Pitt and myself: Those interested see below: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Falderal.html -- ³It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.² __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA
G'Day Michael, Darryl and Ed. I agree. I wish this happened more often. We have enough anger and hostility in this world without adding to it. No one is perfect, but we can try and overcome our shortcomings. My hat is off to all of you. Friends need to be cherished. Enough said and let's get back to what we love, meteorites. Cheers John Cabassi IMCA # 2125 -Original Message- From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Ed Deckert Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 6:28 PM To: Michael Blood; Meteorite List Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA Michael, It takes a big man to come out and publicly admit in great detail that he that made mistakes, as well as making an apology not only to Darryl, but to those in the IMCA and the Met List who may have been offended as well. You are indeed a man of character for coming out and taking full responsibility for your mistakes. I applaud your honesty and humility. My faith in you is firm, and I hope that others will feel the same way. I also hope that Darryl will accept your apology as it was offered most sincerely. I hope that the two of you can be friends once again, and not just for the duration of a beer in Tucson. Best Regards, Ed Deckert IMCA #8911 - Original Message - From: Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA This is my final statement re the earlier post About claims made by Darryl Pitt and myself: Those interested see below: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Falderal.html -- ³It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.² __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Asteroid Flyby
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/as-asteroid-flies-by-scientists-will-stare/2011/11/02/gIQA8FTngM_story.html As asteroid flies by, scientists will stare a.. Text Size b.. Print c.. E-mail d.. Reprints By Brian Vastag, Thursday, November 3, 2:35 PM An asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier will zoom past Earth on Tuesday just inside the orbit of the moon. The space rock poses no danger, as its nearest approach will be a comfortable 202,000 miles distant. But the event marks the closest flyby of an asteroid this large since 1976, according to NASA. 83 Comments a.. Weigh In b.. Corrections? inShare Asteroid 2005 YU55 has a name only a scientist could love. They're also loving the chance to stare at the nearly round, slowly spinning chunk of space debris as it flies by at some 30,000 mph. It will be scanned and probed and scanned some more, said Marina Brozovic, an asteroid researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Starting Friday, Brozovic will ping the approaching asteroid with radar from giant dishes at Goldstone, Calif. She wants to map every crater and boulder while refining estimates of the asteroid's path, which swings inside the orbit of Venus and then out near Mars, crossing Earth's orbit. Meanwhile, telescopes in Arizona and Hawaii will analyze light reflected from the asteroid to determine more precisely what it's made of. Already scientists know it's darker than charcoal, because it's a C-type asteroid, heavy with carbon and silicate minerals. Astronomers will also look for signs of water. Similar asteroids that have plunged to Earth - called carbonaceous chondrites - hold within them amino acids and other building blocks of life. These are the objects that probably seeded the early Earth with carbon-based materials and water that allowed life to form, said Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near Earth Object Program, which tracks space objects that veer close to our planet. Since a humble start at a single telescope in the 1980s, NASA's $5 million-per-year asteroid-tracking program has matured to the point where the agency said in September that it has detected more than 90 percent of planet killer asteroids, those bigger than one kilometer in diameter. None will hit Earth in the foreseeable future, the agency has said. The tracking program detects hundreds of smaller space rocks each year, closely watching their orbits. So far, none of those pose a threat either. In the past, giant asteroids have crashed into Earth and devastated life. The most famous, at least seven miles wide, blasted a crater in the Yucatan Peninsulasome 65 million years ago, triggering a cataclysm that probably wiped out the dinosaurs. If a space rock the size of 2005 YU55 ever hit Earth, it would explode like 500 nuclear bombs, trigger a 7.0 magnitude earthquake and, if it splashed down in the ocean, generate a 70-foot tsunami, said Purdue University's Jay Melosh. Already, scientists have determined this asteroid poses no threat for the next century or so. Still, they're treating the flyby as a drill, a chance to refine their tracking skills. Said asteroid hunter Richard Binzel of MIT: If one were ever found on an incoming trajectory, we'll want to apply all the techniques we are learning now. Phil Whitmer Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA
will allow me to buy him a beer in Tucson. Well done! Or maybe give him a T-Shirt printed, Cap'n sold me a hunk of the Moon and all I got was this lousy T-shirt. Michael, I hope Darryl accepts your thoughtful reply and wish both of you the best of luck in continuing your long positive history. Both of you have played very important and admirable roles in the small but growing meteorite world and we all, large and small, need to stick together to meet some of the challenges. Wouldn't it be great if one of those amazing Macovich type pieces or two auctioned under a friendly arrangement in the upcoming Michael Blood's Tucson People's Auction? Perfect timing ... when does the catalog come out, can you beileve we're already in November? Other list the list starts Tucson buzzing in August... Seems like a win-win solution for everyone, listmembers, you and Darryl. A beer after this one seems less filling; ...something that tastes great? of course if Darryl is game. Kindest wishes Doug When life gives you lemons, sell them on eBay. (humor) -Original Message- From: Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 8:10 pm Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] IMCA This is my final statement re the earlier post About claims made by Darryl Pitt and myself: Those interested see below: http://michaelbloodmeteorites.com/Falderal.html -- ³It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.² __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
