[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Fukang Contributed by: Paul Swartz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Wow, very nice display! Did you build it yourself? Perhaps I can hire you to build a few for me? Mike Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:00 AM, valpar...@aol.com wrote: Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Fukang Contributed by: Paul Swartz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
As part of the MPOD today, Paul announced its second anniversary. I just wanted to congratulate an thank Paul for the milestone. The MPOD is one of the emails I look forward to every day. Job well done!!! Mendy Ouzillou From: valpar...@aol.com valpar...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 12:00 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Fukang Contributed by: Paul Swartz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Historic American meteorite Willamette
Hi all, Please check out this nice part slice of Willamette on ebay right now with 36 hours left to go till auction finish. (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251347165713?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649) Cheers Martin -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA websites taken down for Government shutdown
Hi, It looks like the NASA website has been taken down for the shutdown: http://www.nasa.gov Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available. We sincerely regret this inconvenience. The NEO website at JPL is not affected by this. Ron __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] [AD]: Auctions ending in ~ 2 hours.
Ebay auctions ending in about 2 hours. http://www.ebay.com/sch/mendyo/m.html Mendy Ouzillou IMCA 8395 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Katol news
Hi List, Last night I heard something puzzling. A collector/scientist that I know says that he read a paper published by GSI that claims Katol is an H5 chondrite. I asked him for a link to the paper or more info on it, and I am still waiting to hear back on that. In the meantime, this has me wondering. I have seen a lot of H5 chondrites over the years. I have seen fresh H5 falls and weathered H5 NWA stones. I have never seen an H5 (or any H-chondrite) that resembles Katol. I have a hard time believing that this meteorite is an H. The pieces I have seen (many, ranging in size from crumbs to 2+ grams, whole and fragments) do not look like chondrites at all. I have heard reports of specimens that have chondrules, but I have not seen any. I also heard reports of a specimen that is entirely metal and another one with crystalline inclusions. If those reports are credible, and based on the green matrix and crystalline texture, then I doubt this is an H-chondrite. Does anyone have a link to this GSI paper or more info about it? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Katol news
Hi Mike, I've never seen an H6 that looks like Portales Valley either. I have heard this about Katol for a while now, it's not going to be classified as anything real unusual. On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, Last night I heard something puzzling. A collector/scientist that I know says that he read a paper published by GSI that claims Katol is an H5 chondrite. I asked him for a link to the paper or more info on it, and I am still waiting to hear back on that. In the meantime, this has me wondering. I have seen a lot of H5 chondrites over the years. I have seen fresh H5 falls and weathered H5 NWA stones. I have never seen an H5 (or any H-chondrite) that resembles Katol. I have a hard time believing that this meteorite is an H. The pieces I have seen (many, ranging in size from crumbs to 2+ grams, whole and fragments) do not look like chondrites at all. I have heard reports of specimens that have chondrules, but I have not seen any. I also heard reports of a specimen that is entirely metal and another one with crystalline inclusions. If those reports are credible, and based on the green matrix and crystalline texture, then I doubt this is an H-chondrite. Does anyone have a link to this GSI paper or more info about it? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Rock On! Ruben Garcia http://www.MrMeteorite.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
I'll second that! MPOD always adds color to the text of my daily met list email, and as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Nice work, Paul! Doug Ross d...@dougross.net As part of the MPOD today, Paul announced its second anniversary. I just wanted to congratulate an thank Paul for the milestone. The MPOD is one of the emails I look forward to every day. Job well done!!! Mendy Ouzillou __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Katol news
Mike, all, The paper you probably refer to is G. SURESH et al.: “Katol Meteorite Shower, Maharashtra: A Preliminary Study“ from the Journal of the Geological Society of India, dated February 2013. The paper includes preliminary petrologic and chemical data. According to the findings of the authors, in Katol “Ni varies from 4.5 to 29 wt %“, which is not suprising, considering, the pure-iron individual that have been collected. Quote: “In the Katol meteorite, chondrules were recrystallised into medium to coarse rounded granular aggregates or as single euhedral crystals. The shapes of the chondrules are preserved and it can easily be delineated by encircling of medium to coarse grained Fe-Ni /troilite rims. It comprises of reconstituted chondrules (67%), matrix (20%), refractory minerals (1%) and metal volume percentage (12 %), which is typical of ordinary H type meteorite category (Scott et al., 1996). Properties such as the homogeneity of Mg composition in olivine and pyroxene, presence of clinoenstatite, interstitial untwinned plagioclase feldspar (30 to 50 μm size), absence of chondrule glass in the matrix (glass occur as inclusions within the olivine at places), presence of kamacite-taenite exsolution grains i.e. Ni 29 % in the metal and insignificant Ni concentration in sulphides i.e. 0.5 % also suggest their H-type nature.“ End of quote. In their conclusion, the authors state that “based on the present studies, the Katol meteorites are classified as ordinary olivine rich H5 type reconstituted chondrite and shows differentiated nature. “ In context with an (equilibrated) chondrite, however, I am not familiar with the terms “reconstituted” and “differentiated”, so others might jump in to explain what they refer to. The source: http://tinyurl.com/nu29ubf Cheers Svend Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com hat am 1. Oktober 2013 um 18:36 geschrieben: Hi List, Last night I heard something puzzling. A collector/scientist that I know says that he read a paper published by GSI that claims Katol is an H5 chondrite. I asked him for a link to the paper or more info on it, and I am still waiting to hear back on that. In the meantime, this has me wondering. I have seen a lot of H5 chondrites over the years. I have seen fresh H5 falls and weathered H5 NWA stones. I have never seen an H5 (or any H-chondrite) that resembles Katol. I have a hard time believing that this meteorite is an H. The pieces I have seen (many, ranging in size from crumbs to 2+ grams, whole and fragments) do not look like chondrites at all. I have heard reports of specimens that have chondrules, but I have not seen any. I also heard reports of a specimen that is entirely metal and another one with crystalline inclusions. If those reports are credible, and based on the green matrix and crystalline texture, then I doubt this is an H-chondrite. Does anyone have a link to this GSI paper or more info about it? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Doug and list, I was just going to second that! I also enjoy looking at the great images every day! Thank you Paul for all your efforts! With best regards, Moni Waiblinger From: d...@dougross.net Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:21:05 -0700 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day I'll second that! MPOD always adds color to the text of my daily met list email, and as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Nice work, Paul! Doug Ross d...@dougross.net As part of the MPOD today, Paul announced its second anniversary. I just wanted to congratulate an thank Paul for the milestone. The MPOD is one of the emails I look forward to every day. Job well done!!! Mendy Ouzillou __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Amazing Impactite Material for sale!! Carbonate Melts, beaut breccia and more..
Good Day/Night Fellow Listees. It's been some time since I have had a chance to get on the list and also present some new material to the collectors and researchers interested. I have had to deal with some serious personal family issues and this has weighted heavy on me as of late. Today I would like to get the word out that I have some new impact material of such quality that it should excite those who share my common interest and attention. It is not just the size, but also the scarcity. To some up what I have I am just going to list what I have below. Further specimens will be added over the course of the day so stay tuned as well! http://www.ebay.com/usr/meteor-rite 1) 469.2g endcut of full impact melt from the Crooked Creek, Missouri impact. 2) 39.5g Rare slice of possible impact or landslide melt in Kofels, Australia. 3) 1,123g corner cut of impact breccia from the Crooked Creek, Missouri impact. 4) 868.2g Huge slice of impact. Melt breccia from the Glover Bluff, Wisconsin impact site. 5) 441.7g. beautiful corner cut of the yellow type impact breccia from the Glover Bluff, Wisconsin impact site. I also have a piece of Meteorite art in the form of a Zoomorphic Campo that has been painted by an artist with oil paint. It was shaped and is now presented beautifully as a colorful chameleon. It was displayed in a display at a museum for some time and includes documentation from them as well as the artist. Again, my eBay listings can be viewed by following the below link. http://www.ebay.com/usr/meteor-rite ; Thank you and all the best, Brandon D. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
The Picture of the Day is like our daily piece of candy. Make that very good black chocolate. ;-) Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com impact...@aol.com -Original Message- From: Moni Waiblinger moni2...@hotmail.com To: doug ross d...@dougross.net; meteor list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 11:27 am Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day Doug and list, I was just going to second that! I also enjoy looking at the great images every day! Thank you Paul for all your efforts! With best regards, Moni Waiblinger From: d...@dougross.net Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 09:21:05 -0700 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day I'll second that! MPOD always adds color to the text of my daily met list email, and as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Nice work, Paul! Doug Ross d...@dougross.net As part of the MPOD today, Paul announced its second anniversary. I just wanted to congratulate an thank Paul for the milestone. The MPOD is one of the emails I look forward to every day. Job well done!!! Mendy Ouzillou __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Katol news
Hello Mike, The data and thin sections I've seen suggest that it is a completely recrystallized rock with a generally chondritic composition. Such meteorites have been previously classified as primitive achondrites, type-7 chondrites, and metachondrites. I believe the distinction between these groups is semantic, though most researchers seem to have opinions regarding the use of particular names. Examples of some accepted chemical groups of these meteorites are acapulcoites/lodranites, winonaites, and possibly 'primitive enstatite achondrites.' Basic mineralogy did not rule out an L or H chondrite protolith, so it could be the first witnessed fall of a thoroughly metamorphosed ordinary/H chondrite, but it is not an H5. http://www.geosocindia.org/abstracts/2013/feb/p151-157.pdf The features noted in the above paper as chondrules could potentially represent relict chondrules, but I have yet to see anything that I would deem a chondrule remnant in the (several) thin sections I've examined...or those images. American and other scientists are currently working on the stone in order to classify it. Regards, Jason On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, Last night I heard something puzzling. A collector/scientist that I know says that he read a paper published by GSI that claims Katol is an H5 chondrite. I asked him for a link to the paper or more info on it, and I am still waiting to hear back on that. In the meantime, this has me wondering. I have seen a lot of H5 chondrites over the years. I have seen fresh H5 falls and weathered H5 NWA stones. I have never seen an H5 (or any H-chondrite) that resembles Katol. I have a hard time believing that this meteorite is an H. The pieces I have seen (many, ranging in size from crumbs to 2+ grams, whole and fragments) do not look like chondrites at all. I have heard reports of specimens that have chondrules, but I have not seen any. I also heard reports of a specimen that is entirely metal and another one with crystalline inclusions. If those reports are credible, and based on the green matrix and crystalline texture, then I doubt this is an H-chondrite. Does anyone have a link to this GSI paper or more info about it? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Katol news
The reports of solid iron individuals are credible:) I have one (the largest at 136 grams) and I know of 5 others. Katol is an enigma and news should be out soon. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2013, at 11:36 AM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, Last night I heard something puzzling. A collector/scientist that I know says that he read a paper published by GSI that claims Katol is an H5 chondrite. I asked him for a link to the paper or more info on it, and I am still waiting to hear back on that. In the meantime, this has me wondering. I have seen a lot of H5 chondrites over the years. I have seen fresh H5 falls and weathered H5 NWA stones. I have never seen an H5 (or any H-chondrite) that resembles Katol. I have a hard time believing that this meteorite is an H. The pieces I have seen (many, ranging in size from crumbs to 2+ grams, whole and fragments) do not look like chondrites at all. I have heard reports of specimens that have chondrules, but I have not seen any. I also heard reports of a specimen that is entirely metal and another one with crystalline inclusions. If those reports are credible, and based on the green matrix and crystalline texture, then I doubt this is an H-chondrite. Does anyone have a link to this GSI paper or more info about it? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Katol news
By the way, Jim Strope and I have a new coin (Sikhote-Alin) just minted and for sale. I have tried and tried to get it to the list with no luck. Email us for photos and availability. It is very similar to our Chelyabinsk coins in Russian and English language. 1-1000 numbered and with meteorite embedded as usual. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Jason Utas meteorite...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Mike, The data and thin sections I've seen suggest that it is a completely recrystallized rock with a generally chondritic composition. Such meteorites have been previously classified as primitive achondrites, type-7 chondrites, and metachondrites. I believe the distinction between these groups is semantic, though most researchers seem to have opinions regarding the use of particular names. Examples of some accepted chemical groups of these meteorites are acapulcoites/lodranites, winonaites, and possibly 'primitive enstatite achondrites.' Basic mineralogy did not rule out an L or H chondrite protolith, so it could be the first witnessed fall of a thoroughly metamorphosed ordinary/H chondrite, but it is not an H5. http://www.geosocindia.org/abstracts/2013/feb/p151-157.pdf The features noted in the above paper as chondrules could potentially represent relict chondrules, but I have yet to see anything that I would deem a chondrule remnant in the (several) thin sections I've examined...or those images. American and other scientists are currently working on the stone in order to classify it. Regards, Jason On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Galactic Stone Ironworks meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, Last night I heard something puzzling. A collector/scientist that I know says that he read a paper published by GSI that claims Katol is an H5 chondrite. I asked him for a link to the paper or more info on it, and I am still waiting to hear back on that. In the meantime, this has me wondering. I have seen a lot of H5 chondrites over the years. I have seen fresh H5 falls and weathered H5 NWA stones. I have never seen an H5 (or any H-chondrite) that resembles Katol. I have a hard time believing that this meteorite is an H. The pieces I have seen (many, ranging in size from crumbs to 2+ grams, whole and fragments) do not look like chondrites at all. I have heard reports of specimens that have chondrules, but I have not seen any. I also heard reports of a specimen that is entirely metal and another one with crystalline inclusions. If those reports are credible, and based on the green matrix and crystalline texture, then I doubt this is an H-chondrite. Does anyone have a link to this GSI paper or more info about it? Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] NASA websites taken down for Government shutdown
Hundreds of billions in sunk-cost and they have less than 12 hours of burn on their bandwidth bill? My investors would lynch me, and no jury in the world would convict them... Of course, I have to have an approved budget every year or I'll get fired and the government will lock me up. Must be nice! --- Jodie Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 9:07:41 AM, you wrote: Hi, It looks like the NASA website has been taken down for the shutdown: http://www.nasa.gov Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available. We sincerely regret this inconvenience. The NEO website at JPL is not affected by this. Ron __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Best regards, Jodiemailto:spacero...@spaceballoon.org __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] NASA websites taken down for Government shutdown
It is all political posturing for maximum effect. Our Commander With A Few Real Teeth is an expert at it as are most politicians, regardless of party, who forget that they are supposed to be working for the people. Perhaps we can all learn from this new style of governing. I will soon have to go completely to fixed pricing on eBay in order to pay for the 101% increase in my monthly health care insurance and all of the new taxes that are going into affect on January 1st. So much for affordable healthcare! Perhaps they should shut down 50% of the government permanently and use the funds to pay healthcare costs that politicians are exempt from. These new taxes hidden in a healthcare bill will have an effect on meteorites sales. What ever happened to be rewarded for hard work? Go figure, Adam From: Jodie Reynolds spacero...@spaceballoon.org To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NASA websites taken down for Government shutdown Hundreds of billions in sunk-cost and they have less than 12 hours of burn on their bandwidth bill? My investors would lynch me, and no jury in the world would convict them... Of course, I have to have an approved budget every year or I'll get fired and the government will lock me up. Must be nice! --- Jodie Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 9:07:41 AM, you wrote: Hi, It looks like the NASA website has been taken down for the shutdown: http://www.nasa.gov Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available. We sincerely regret this inconvenience. The NEO website at JPL is not affected by this. Ron __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Best regards, Jodie mailto:spacero...@spaceballoon.org __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] NASA websites taken down for Government shutdown
What ever happened to be rewarded for hard work? It's a myth that hasn't existed for at least 30-40 years. Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 10/1/13, Adam Hupe raremeteori...@yahoo.com wrote: It is all political posturing for maximum effect. Our Commander With A Few Real Teeth is an expert at it as are most politicians, regardless of party, who forget that they are supposed to be working for the people. Perhaps we can all learn from this new style of governing. I will soon have to go completely to fixed pricing on eBay in order to pay for the 101% increase in my monthly health care insurance and all of the new taxes that are going into affect on January 1st. So much for affordable healthcare! Perhaps they should shut down 50% of the government permanently and use the funds to pay healthcare costs that politicians are exempt from. These new taxes hidden in a healthcare bill will have an effect on meteorites sales. What ever happened to be rewarded for hard work? Go figure, Adam From: Jodie Reynolds spacero...@spaceballoon.org To: Meteorite Mailing List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] NASA websites taken down for Governmentshutdown Hundreds of billions in sunk-cost and they have less than 12 hours of burn on their bandwidth bill? My investors would lynch me, and no jury in the world would convict them... Of course, I have to have an approved budget every year or I'll get fired and the government will lock me up. Must be nice! --- Jodie Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 9:07:41 AM, you wrote: Hi, It looks like the NASA website has been taken down for the shutdown: http://www.nasa.gov Due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available. We sincerely regret this inconvenience. The NEO website at JPL is not affected by this. Ron __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Best regards, Jodiemailto:spacero...@spaceballoon.org __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
The MPOD is like a Roman forum - a place where people meet, enjoy and share a common interest: the love of our celestial visitors and treasures! Happy 2nd anniversary! Thank you Paul ! Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Q about Impact Glass from Crooked Creek
Listees, Sorry for the double post, but I had to let everyone know i have added to my listings a very rare and I have no doubt a scientifically important specimen. it is a endcut of impact glass from Crooked Creek that has metal inclusions in it. As if the impact glass isn't rare enough, the metal is apparent in the cut face as well as included on the exterior as an oxidized roundish ball. I am no trying to push the sale, rather I would like those who disregard ADs on the list to have an opportunity to not only see the specimen, but to discuss it if possible. In my gatherings i also found a 4-5lb. specimen which has a quench texture on the bottom that transitions into a gray/'blue/black glass which has inclusions of the quench. Has anyone encountered this material in the field or has anybody seen this at other localities? Here is the link to 1/2 of the impact glass specimens I found. This is quite small in comparison to the other, however the larger specimen does not have included metal. http://www.ebay.com/itm/84g-Endcut-of-Crooked-Creek-Impactite-Extremely-Rare-Impact-Glass-with-metal-/221292197160?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item33860af528 Any input would be greatly appreciated. Pictures of the large specimen (not for sale) upon request. Thank you and all the best, Brandon D. -Original Message- From: b1dunovant b1dunov...@aol.com To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 1:13 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: Amazing Impactite Material for sale!! Carbonate Melts, beaut breccia and more.. Good Day/Night Fellow Listees. It's been some time since I have had a chance to get on the list and also present some new material to the collectors and researchers interested. I have had to deal with some serious personal family issues and this has weighted heavy on me as of late. Today I would like to get the word out that I have some new impact material of such quality that it should excite those who share my common interest and attention. It is not just the size, but also the scarcity. To some up what I have I am just going to list what I have below. Further specimens will be added over the course of the day so stay tuned as well! http://www.ebay.com/usr/meteor-rite 1) 469.2g endcut of full impact melt from the Crooked Creek, Missouri impact. 2) 39.5g Rare slice of possible impact or landslide melt in Kofels, Australia. 3) 1,123g corner cut of impact breccia from the Crooked Creek, Missouri impact. 4) 868.2g Huge slice of impact. Melt breccia from the Glover Bluff, Wisconsin impact site. 5) 441.7g. beautiful corner cut of the yellow type impact breccia from the Glover Bluff, Wisconsin impact site. I also have a piece of Meteorite art in the form of a Zoomorphic Campo that has been painted by an artist with oil paint. It was shaped and is now presented beautifully as a colorful chameleon. It was displayed in a display at a museum for some time and includes documentation from them as well as the artist. Again, my eBay listings can be viewed by following the below link. http://www.ebay.com/usr/meteor-rite ; Thank you and all the best, Brandon D. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD -NWA 5000 Tiles And Auctions Ending
Dear List Members, I loaded some great auctions this week that are due to end in a few hours. I also put up the last of my C.O.A.-Portfolio NWA 5000 tile inventory. There are some great NWA 5000 specimens currently priced at less than half of what they have been realizing in auction houses. If the buy-it-now price isn't good enough, I will entertain offers since this option is enabled. Link to all auctions: http://shop.ebay.com/raremeteorites!/m.html Thank You for looking and if you are bidding, Good Luck, Adam __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Gem, Mineral, and Jewelry Show - Lexington, KY - October 5th and 6th
Hey, List Members! This is a quick note to remind you about the Rockhounds of Central Kentucky 23nd Annual Rock, Gem, Mineral, Jewelry Show Sale this weekend (Saturday, and Sunday) in Lexington, Kentucky! The members of the Rockhounds of Central Kentucky have done a lot of hard work preparing for another great show. Complete information can be found at the club's website: http://lexrockclub.tripod.com/ Lots of fine dealers from across the country will be there for you viewing (and purchasing!) pleasure! The show will be held at the Kentucky National Guard Armory, located on Airport Road off of Man O'War Blvd, benind the Bluegrass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky. Show hours are: Saturday, October 5, 10-6, and Sunday, October 6, Noon-5. Please stop by our booth and say, Hi! We are hard to miss! We're the folks with the ORANGE table covers! We will have several new items from the Tucson shows and Franklin, NC shows (minerals, fossils and meteorites!) that will be displayed for sale for the first time at this show. Hey, you just might find something that you cannot live without! My billfold sure hopes so! My credit card company does likewise! But, in any case, stop by and say, Hi! Please ID yourself from the list! It is always neat to put faces with names. We hope to see you in Lexington this weekend! I'm sure you will have a great time! John Teague Volunteer Gems Melbourne, FL (formerly: Knoxville, Tennessee!) http://www.VolunteerGems.com http://www.mineral-auctions.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] More Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fragments Recovered From Urals Lake
http://en.ria.ru/russia/20131001/183883376/More-Possible-Meteorite-Fragments-Recovered-From-Urals-Lake.html More Possible Meteorite Fragments Recovered From Urals Lake RIA Novosti October 1, 2013 YEKATERINBURG - Two more rocks believed to be fragments of a meteorite that exploded above a Russian city in February have been lifted from the bottom of a Ural Mountain lake, local authorities said Tuesday. Both rocks are estimated to weigh less than a kilogram [2.2 pounds] and are being sent to the nearby Chelyabinsk State University for a detailed examination, the regional ministry in charge of recovering the fragments said in a statement. Eight possible fragments, ranging from 10 to 30 centimeters in diameter, have so far been recovered from the bottom of Lake Chebarkul. But the biggest rocks, weighing 5.8 kilograms (12.8 pounds) and 19.6 kilograms (43.2 pounds), might not be parts of the meteorite, scientists say. Additional examination is under way. Last week a 3.36-kilogram (7.4-pound) piece of the meteorite went on sale on Russian classified ad site Avito.ru for 2.1 million rubles ($65,000). Scientists believe that a relatively enormous fragment - estimated to weigh several hundred kilograms - is buried under a layer of silt on the lakebed. Currently, the silt is being pumped out to recover the object, and a senior official said the object could be retrieved by October 4. A high-ranking Chelyabinsk State University official said Tuesday that a sonar scan had revealed another huge object that could possibly be another chunk of the meteorite. The Chelyabinsk Region's Radiation and Environmental Safety Ministry confirmed that report and said divers were trying to reach the object. The meteorite, estimated to have weighed 10,000 metric tons, exploded above the city Chelyabinsk on February 15, leaving about 1,500 people injured, mostly due to glass shattered by the shockwave. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Q about Impact Glass from Crooked Creek
Hi Brandon, How do you tell the difference between this as impact glass and a lump of man made slag? Have you tested the metal for nickel? Graham On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 9:39 PM, b1dunov...@aol.com wrote: Listees, Sorry for the double post, but I had to let everyone know i have added to my listings a very rare and I have no doubt a scientifically important specimen. it is a endcut of impact glass from Crooked Creek that has metal inclusions in it. As if the impact glass isn't rare enough, the metal is apparent in the cut face as well as included on the exterior as an oxidized roundish ball. I am no trying to push the sale, rather I would like those who disregard ADs on the list to have an opportunity to not only see the specimen, but to discuss it if possible. In my gatherings i also found a 4-5lb. specimen which has a quench texture on the bottom that transitions into a gray/'blue/black glass which has inclusions of the quench. Has anyone encountered this material in the field or has anybody seen this at other localities? Here is the link to 1/2 of the impact glass specimens I found. This is quite small in comparison to the other, however the larger specimen does not have included metal. http://www.ebay.com/itm/84g-Endcut-of-Crooked-Creek-Impactite-Extremely-Rare-Impact-Glass-with-metal-/221292197160?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item33860af528 Any input would be greatly appreciated. Pictures of the large specimen (not for sale) upon request. Thank you and all the best, Brandon D. -Original Message- From: b1dunovant b1dunov...@aol.com To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Oct 1, 2013 1:13 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] AD: Amazing Impactite Material for sale!! Carbonate Melts, beaut breccia and more.. Good Day/Night Fellow Listees. It's been some time since I have had a chance to get on the list and also present some new material to the collectors and researchers interested. I have had to deal with some serious personal family issues and this has weighted heavy on me as of late. Today I would like to get the word out that I have some new impact material of such quality that it should excite those who share my common interest and attention. It is not just the size, but also the scarcity. To some up what I have I am just going to list what I have below. Further specimens will be added over the course of the day so stay tuned as well! http://www.ebay.com/usr/meteor-rite 1) 469.2g endcut of full impact melt from the Crooked Creek, Missouri impact. 2) 39.5g Rare slice of possible impact or landslide melt in Kofels, Australia. 3) 1,123g corner cut of impact breccia from the Crooked Creek, Missouri impact. 4) 868.2g Huge slice of impact. Melt breccia from the Glover Bluff, Wisconsin impact site. 5) 441.7g. beautiful corner cut of the yellow type impact breccia from the Glover Bluff, Wisconsin impact site. I also have a piece of Meteorite art in the form of a Zoomorphic Campo that has been painted by an artist with oil paint. It was shaped and is now presented beautifully as a colorful chameleon. It was displayed in a display at a museum for some time and includes documentation from them as well as the artist. Again, my eBay listings can be viewed by following the below link. http://www.ebay.com/usr/meteor-rite ; Thank you and all the best, Brandon D. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Sylacauga 220mg, Pantar 141mg, Tenham 5.3g more rare/historic meteroites ending Wed/Fri on ebay!
Hello Listers Thank you for taking a look at my post of meteorites I have for sale on eBay. Here is your chance to own some rare and historic meteorites. Please take a look and if you have any questions or OFFERS /or TRADES, please email me and I'll get back with you. Lastly, if you are looking for bigger/smaller meteorites, let me know too. A meteorite is a meteorite, but a meteorite with history legacy, will always add aura to your meteorite collection and value. ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633nyc/m.html Featured Auctions SYLACAUGA meteorite, Mrs. Hodges 220mg Meteorite Strike - Extremely Rare! *MAKE AN OFFER LOOKING TO SELL* http://www.ebay.com/itm/261297596434?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 L'AIGLE Historic meteorite fall - 1803 France - Helped proved meteorite falls! http://www.ebay.com/itm/261296242694?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 PASAMONTE meteorite fall 1933 1st fireball caught on film - Extremely Rare! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=251349208939 COLLESCIPOLI rare-Italy 117mg meteorite FALL fragment hard to find historic fall http://www.ebay.com/itm/261279952495?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 MURRAY Ultra Rare CM2 Meteorite Amino Acids Polyols SUGARS-ASU Collection *MUST HAVE IN ANY COLLECTION* http://www.ebay.com/itm/261296245815?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 AUSSON Rare Historic Meteorite Hammer Fall - Fell in 1858 France! http://www.ebay.com/itm/261297587763?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 BEAVER CREEK rare and historic 1893 meteorite fall - 2nd fall from Canada http://www.ebay.com/itm/261297580863?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 ORGUEIL meteorite, very rare historic fall-1864! HOAX meteorite of the CENTURY http://www.ebay.com/itm/251347945813?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 BENLD meteorite HAMMER STONE fall broke through garage car roof ultra rare! http://www.ebay.com/itm/261297593501?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 DIEP RIVER historic 562mg HAMMER STONE meteorite Very Rare! South Africa http://www.ebay.com/itm/25157833?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 Shawn Alan IMCA 1633 ebay store http://www.ebay.com/sch/imca1633nyc/m.html http://meteoritefalls.com/ __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Government Shutdown Puts MAVEN Launch Preparations On Hold
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/131001shutdown/ Government shutdown puts MAVEN launch preps on hold BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW October 1, 2013 Without funding to pay for numerous programs and research, engineers began shutting down work on a $671 million Mars science orbiter at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, halting critical preparations ahead of the mission's narrow interplanetary launch window in November. The launch window, which opens Nov. 18 and extends to Dec. 7, is restricted by the locations of Earth and Mars. Launch opportunities to the red planet only come once every 26 months. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft was on schedule to launch from Florida on Nov. 18 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The launch will put MAVEN on a 10-month journey to Mars, with arrival in orbit at the red planet set for Sept. 22, 2014. But the launch date could be in jeopardy if the federal government's partial shutdown lasts more than a week. The shutdown began at midnight EDT Tuesday, at the beginning of a new fiscal year, because Congress failed to agree on a federal budget. NASA will continue operating missions in flight, such as the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Curiosity rover now on Mars, but the space agency, acting on orders from the Office of Management and Budget, halted development and testing of spacecraft still on Earth awaiting launch. MAVEN has not been classed as exempt from the shutdown, so our plan is to carry out an orderly shutdown, said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN's principal investigator from the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. NASA and Lockheed Martin Corp., MAVEN's prime contractor, were preparing the spacecraft inside a clean room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. MAVEN carries a suite of instruments to study how gases escape from the upper atmosphere of Mars, which could tell scientists how the red planet evolved from a world hospitable for life to the barren planet of today. In an orderly shut down, the key thing is to ensure that all the hardware is in a safe and known state so that we can pick it up again when we resume, and that it is protected against environmental problems, Jakosky said. Uneasy with MAVEN's launch schedule following the government shutdown, officials said they are evaluating whether this fall's launch window could be extended a few days into mid-December to buy more time. If MAVEN missed this year's launch window, the next chance to launch the probe toward Mars would be in early 2016. Engineers made good progress on MAVEN since the orbiter arrived at KSC from its factory in Denver on Aug. 2, said Guy Beutelschies, Lockheed Martin's MAVEN program manager, in an interview Friday. Beutelschies said the MAVEN team was working with nine days of schedule margin to meet the Nov. 18 launch date. Technicians ensured all of MAVEN's systems still functioned after the cross-country flight from Denver, installed the satellite's flight batteries, put the spacecraft through mission simulations, tested its communications with NASA's network of tracking antennas, and unfurled its solar panels to check their deployment mechanisms, according to Beutelschies. The next steps were to finish up testing of MAVEN's propulsion system and put the cubical spacecraft on a spin table to check its mass properties. MAVEN's load of toxic hydrazine propellant was scheduled to be pumped into the orbiter's propellant tank in late October, and Lockheed Martin was planning to hand over the spacecraft to United Launch Alliance on Nov. 1 for attachment to the Atlas 5 rocket's payload adapter and encapsulation inside the launcher's four-meter-diameter payload fairing. The team, absolutely across the board, institutions and individuals alike, is totally committed to doing whatever it takes to launch on time, Jakosky said Monday. We're prepared to schedule double shifts and work seven days if necessary, ensuring, of course, that we do things safely and technically correctly. We'll have to wait and see what the feds do over the next one to several days. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA Shuts Down in Federal Government Funding Impasse
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1310/01shutdown NASA shuts down in federal government funding impasse BY WILLIAM HARWOOD Spaceflight Now October 1, 2013 With the federal government in partial shutdown, NASA is implementing drastic, across-the-board furloughs that will severely curtail ongoing research and development and shut down the agency's widely visited web site and satellite television channels. But officials say flight controllers will continue to oversee the operation of the International Space Station, home to two NASA astronauts, an Italian flier and three Russian cosmonauts, and provide uninterrupted support for spacecraft in Earth orbit and across the solar system. Of NASA's 18,250 civil servants, 16,135 -- nearly 90 percent -- will not be allowed to work during the shutdown. Of the 2,115 who have been deemed exempt, only 549 are considered full or part-time workers, cleared to use agency offices and facilities as required. Bob Jacobs, a senior public affairs officer at agency headquarters in Washington, said the rest are on call, ready to respond to an emergency or some other contingency, but not allowed to go to work, even voluntarily, or use NASA email, phones or other services to conduct official business. According to a NASA frequently asked questions document, the shutdown plan recognizes three major areas of exempted work: * Space launch hardware processing required to prevent harm to life or property * International Space Station tracking, operation and support and operating satellites necessary for safety and protection of life and property * Completion or phase down of research activities in cases where serious damage to property would result from temporary suspension of the activity As far as the International Space Station goes, that operation continues, because we obviously need to protect the lives of the six crew members in orbit and of course, the safety and security of the space station and other hardware, Jacobs said. So those programs will continue. And our existing satellite missions that are in operation -- again, since the overriding issue is to protect those assets -- we will continue to collect the data and maintain them. The Curiosity Mars rover, the Messenger probe in orbit around Mercury, the Cassini Saturn mission, the Juno orbiter on the way to Jupiter, the New Horizons spacecraft en route to Pluto and dozens of other spacecraft will be monitored and controlled as usual. How much returning data will reach researchers is unclear. Many university-based scientists receive data from NASA spacecraft autonomously via the internet. Whether those pathways will remain open is not yet known. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., where many interplanetary spacecraft are controlled, is operated by the California Institute of Technology under contract to NASA. A JPL spokeswoman said Monday a shutdown would not trigger any furloughs there, but without NASA web support, photos and updates would not be widely disseminated. NASA's multiple websites are among the most widely viewed on the web. During the furlough, however, the web sites effecticely will be shut down. Early Tuesday, the NASA home page redirected viewers to a USA.gov site, which showed a static page saying due to the lapse in federal government funding, this website is not available. We sincerely regret this inconvenience. Likewise, the agency's social media presence and its three satellite television channels, carried by many cable companies across the nation, will be shut down for the duration with no live updates on space station operations or any others. Due to the lapse in government funding NASA Television will be unavailable to the public, news organizations, satellite service providers and cable television distributers, according to a notice on NASA's public TV channel. In addition, the NASA Television feeds from www.nasa.gov also will be unavailable until further notice. We sincerely regret this inconvenience. NASA faced a similar reduction in force when the government shut down for five days in November 1995 and then again the following month when a record 21-day shutdown was implemented. The former occurred during a shuttle mission to the Russian Mir space station, forcing the agency to operate the flight with a reduced staff. This time around, the workforce reduction is more severe, but Jacobs said the agency would do everything required to protect valuable resources, even if normal processing is suspended. For space launch hardware, again, as necessary to protect the launch vehicles and ensure the public safety, some of that processing will continue, he said. But work on programs that are not time critical, like NASA's new Space Launch System heavy-lift rocket, the Orion deep space exploration capsule and the James Webb Space Telescope, will grind to a halt, including work on NASA's next
Re: [meteorite-list] Government Shutdown Puts MAVEN Launch Preparations On Hold
A the genius of the GOP. Gonna cost the USA billions and billions all for a temper tantrum. Michael Farmer Sent from my iPhone On Oct 1, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Ron Baalke baa...@zagami.jpl.nasa.gov wrote: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/131001shutdown/ Government shutdown puts MAVEN launch preps on hold BY STEPHEN CLARK SPACEFLIGHT NOW October 1, 2013 Without funding to pay for numerous programs and research, engineers began shutting down work on a $671 million Mars science orbiter at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, halting critical preparations ahead of the mission's narrow interplanetary launch window in November. The launch window, which opens Nov. 18 and extends to Dec. 7, is restricted by the locations of Earth and Mars. Launch opportunities to the red planet only come once every 26 months. The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, spacecraft was on schedule to launch from Florida on Nov. 18 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket. The launch will put MAVEN on a 10-month journey to Mars, with arrival in orbit at the red planet set for Sept. 22, 2014. But the launch date could be in jeopardy if the federal government's partial shutdown lasts more than a week. The shutdown began at midnight EDT Tuesday, at the beginning of a new fiscal year, because Congress failed to agree on a federal budget. NASA will continue operating missions in flight, such as the International Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope and the Curiosity rover now on Mars, but the space agency, acting on orders from the Office of Management and Budget, halted development and testing of spacecraft still on Earth awaiting launch. MAVEN has not been classed as exempt from the shutdown, so our plan is to carry out an orderly shutdown, said Bruce Jakosky, MAVEN's principal investigator from the University of Colorado at Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. NASA and Lockheed Martin Corp., MAVEN's prime contractor, were preparing the spacecraft inside a clean room at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. MAVEN carries a suite of instruments to study how gases escape from the upper atmosphere of Mars, which could tell scientists how the red planet evolved from a world hospitable for life to the barren planet of today. In an orderly shut down, the key thing is to ensure that all the hardware is in a safe and known state so that we can pick it up again when we resume, and that it is protected against environmental problems, Jakosky said. Uneasy with MAVEN's launch schedule following the government shutdown, officials said they are evaluating whether this fall's launch window could be extended a few days into mid-December to buy more time. If MAVEN missed this year's launch window, the next chance to launch the probe toward Mars would be in early 2016. Engineers made good progress on MAVEN since the orbiter arrived at KSC from its factory in Denver on Aug. 2, said Guy Beutelschies, Lockheed Martin's MAVEN program manager, in an interview Friday. Beutelschies said the MAVEN team was working with nine days of schedule margin to meet the Nov. 18 launch date. Technicians ensured all of MAVEN's systems still functioned after the cross-country flight from Denver, installed the satellite's flight batteries, put the spacecraft through mission simulations, tested its communications with NASA's network of tracking antennas, and unfurled its solar panels to check their deployment mechanisms, according to Beutelschies. The next steps were to finish up testing of MAVEN's propulsion system and put the cubical spacecraft on a spin table to check its mass properties. MAVEN's load of toxic hydrazine propellant was scheduled to be pumped into the orbiter's propellant tank in late October, and Lockheed Martin was planning to hand over the spacecraft to United Launch Alliance on Nov. 1 for attachment to the Atlas 5 rocket's payload adapter and encapsulation inside the launcher's four-meter-diameter payload fairing. The team, absolutely across the board, institutions and individuals alike, is totally committed to doing whatever it takes to launch on time, Jakosky said Monday. We're prepared to schedule double shifts and work seven days if necessary, ensuring, of course, that we do things safely and technically correctly. We'll have to wait and see what the feds do over the next one to several days. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
[meteorite-list] Search for Dangerous Asteroids Continues Despite Government Shutdown
http://www.space.com/23035-government-shutdown-dangerous-asteroids-search.html Search for Dangerous Asteroids Continues Despite Government Shutdown By Mike Wall space.com October 1, 2013 The U.S. government shutdown may have taken NASA's asteroid-warning Twitter feed offline, but it shouldn't affect the search for potentially hazardous space rocks much, scientists say. NASA announced Monday (Sept. 30) that the Near Earth Object Office at the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., won't be sending out tweets from its @AsteroidWatch account during the government shutdown, which went into effect at midnight EDT today (Oct. 1). But efforts to spot asteroids that could pose a threat to our planet - such as the Arizona-based Catalina Sky Survey, which has found the majority of new near-Earth objects for the past several years - should keep working normally for some time to come. The detection stuff is still going on, said Tim Spahr, director of the Minor Planet Center in Cambridge, Mass., the world clearinghouse for information about newly discovered asteroids and comets. While most major asteroid-hunting projects in the United States are funded by NASA, they receive the grant money in widely spaced increments and so should not be affected by the shutdown unless it drags on for a considerable period of time, Spahr said. Those are typically yearly appointments, so you get your yearly allotment of money, and then you forget about it for a year, he told SPACE.com. The situation is similar for many of the scientists who study the images collected by the Catalina Sky Survey, the Pan-STARRS telescope array and other projects. They rely on already-allocated NASA grant money, but they're not federal employees, so they can continue to work through the shutdown. Most of the NASA workforce, on the other hand, is sitting home today. The shutdown - which resulted when the Senate and the House of Representatives failed to agree on an emergency spending bill - has forced the agency to furlough all but 550 or so of its 18,000 employees. NASA has also ceased most of its operations, with the exception of efforts required to protect human life and property. The space agency is continuing to support the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, and it's maintaining currently operating scientific spacecraft. But missions that have yet to leave the ground are in limbo for now. For example, preparations for the planned Nov. 18 launch of NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution probe, or Maven, are currently frozen. A slight delay wouldn't be a big problem for Maven, whose launch window extends until Dec. 7. But if the probe doesn't get off the ground by then, it will have to wait 26 months for the next favorable alignment of Earth and the Red Planet. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] NASA May Slam Captured Asteroid Into Moon (Eventually)
http://www.space.com/22993-nasa-slam-captured-asteroid-moon.html NASA May Slam Captured Asteroid Into Moon (Eventually) By Mike Wall space.com September 30, 2013 Decades from now, people on Earth may be gearing up for an unprecedented celestial spectacle - the intentional smashing of an asteroid into the moon. NASA is currently planning out an ambitious mission to snag a near-Earth asteroid and park it in a stable orbit around the moon, where it could be visited repeatedly by astronauts for scientific and exploration purposes. But the asteroid-capture mission may not end when astronauts leave the space rock for the last time. Seeing it through could require disposing of the asteroid in a safe - and possibly very dramatic - manner, experts say. You can be comfortable that [the asteroid] will stay in this orbit for 100 years or so, Paul Chodas, a scientist with the Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said earlier this month during a panel discussion at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' Space 2013 conference in San Diego. But if that's not enough, I think that, once you're finished with it and you have no further need of it, send it in to impact the moon, Chodas added. That makes sense to me. A bold plan NASA announced the asteroid-retrieval effort in April. The plan calls for a robotic spacecraft to rendezvous with a roughly 25-foot-wide (7.6 meters), 500-ton space rock and drag it to a stable lunar orbit. Alternatively, the probe could break a chunk off a larger asteroid; NASA is investigating both options. Either way, astronauts would then fly out to this transplanted rock using NASA's Orion capsule and Space Launch System mega-rocket (SLS), which are slated to fly crews together for the first time in 2021. The mission represents one way to achieve a major goal laid out by President Barack Obama, who in 2010 directed the space agency to get astronauts to a near-Earth asteroid by 2025, then on to the vicinity of Mars by the mid-2030s. Grabbing a space rock would also help develop asteroid-mining technology, reveal insights about the solar system's early days and give humanity critical experience working in deep space, NASA officials say. It provides a tremendous target to develop our capabilities and operation techniques for our crews in the future as we go beyond low-Earth orbit, NASA human exploration chief Bill Gerstenmaier said during the panel discussion at Space 2013. Earlier this year, NASA asked the public and researchers in industry and academia to help them figure out how to pull off the asteroid-capture mission. The agency received more than 400 proposals in response, and it will discuss the top 100 or so during a workshop held Monday through Wednesday (Sept. 30 to Oct. 2) at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. Multiple visits The first manned visit to the captured asteroid could come in 2023 or so, Gerstenmaier said. The timeline will depend heavily on the ability of researchers to find and characterize prospective target asteroids. (Not just any rock will do - the chosen object must be the right size and have the proper orbit and spin rate.) The asteroid's manmade lunar orbit should be stable for about a century, researchers say, so crews could continue flying out to the asteroid far into the future. Such visits may include both government-funded research and exploration flights as well as efforts undertaken by asteroid-mining firms or other commercial entities, NASA officials say. We think we have a lot of options, Steve Stich, deputy director of engineering at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, said during the Space 2013 panel. We haven't really talked in detail about all those kinds of things that we can go do, but certainly we have enabled, by the way we have designed this mission, multiple visits to the asteroid. Once those visits are done, NASA may decide to bring the asteroid down, slamming it intentionally into the lunar surface. The agency has never done this with a space rock before, but it does have considerable experience de-orbiting moon probes that have reached the end of their operational lives. For example, the twin Grail spacecraft became part of the lunar landscape last December after wrapping up their mission to map the gravitational field of Earth's nearest neighbor. __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Mars Rover Opportunity Update: September 18-24, 2013
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status.html#opportunity OPPORTUNITY UPDATE: Taking Snapshots Galore at 'Solander Point' - sols 3432-3437, Sept. 18, 2013-Sept. 24, 2013: Opportunity is at the northern edge of 'Solander Point' on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is investigating the geologic contact at the base of Solander Point. Sol 3432 (Sept. 18, 2013), began with pre-drive color Panoramic Camera (Pancam) imaging of targets 'Long Nosed Potoroo,' 'Little Red Kaluta,' and some nearby rock outcrop. A short, 7 foot (2-meter) bump followed, set the rover in position for some in-situ (contact) science on a surface target. On Sol 3433 (Sept. 19, 2013), a late afternoon, low-sun Pancam sky survey was conducted. On Sol 3433 (Sept. 19, 2013), Opportunity performed a brush with the Rock Abrasion Tool (RAT) of the surface target called 'Wally Wombat,' followed by a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosaic, and then a placement of the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer (APXS) for a multi-sol integration. Sol 3436 (Sept. 23, 2013), included taking a color Pancam panorama of nearby dunes. On Sol 3437 (Sept. 24, 2013), Opportunity captured Pancam images of the apron transect, 'Agile Antechinus' and the local contact edge between ground formations. A 107 foot (32.5-meter) drive to the southwest followed. At the beginning of the drive, Opportunity looked back at target 'Wally Wombat' to acquire a 13-filter Pancam image of the brushed target. After the drive, Opportunity acquired a Navigation Camera (Navcam) 5x1 mosaic and performed an APXS atmospheric argon integration. As of Sol 3437 (Sept. 24, 2013), the solar array energy production was 322 watt-hours with an atmospheric opacity (Tau) of 0.620 and a solar array dust factor of 0.505. Total odometry is 23.84 miles (38.37 kilometers). __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Highly agree with everyone's comments. Thank you Paul. Getting up to start the day at 4am and knowing what work load I have ahead of me. But I know when I turn my PC on, the MPOD will be waiting for me and put a smile on my face and a positive attitude for the day Cheers John On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Bernd V. Pauli bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: The MPOD is like a Roman forum - a place where people meet, enjoy and share a common interest: the love of our celestial visitors and treasures! Happy 2nd anniversary! Thank you Paul ! Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Has it been two years already? Wow, time flies when you are having fun. Ditto what everyone else said - great job Paul. :) Best regards, MikeG -- - Web - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone - On 10/1/13, John Cabassi j...@cabassi.net wrote: Highly agree with everyone's comments. Thank you Paul. Getting up to start the day at 4am and knowing what work load I have ahead of me. But I know when I turn my PC on, the MPOD will be waiting for me and put a smile on my face and a positive attitude for the day Cheers John On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Bernd V. Pauli bernd.pa...@paulinet.de wrote: The MPOD is like a Roman forum - a place where people meet, enjoy and share a common interest: the love of our celestial visitors and treasures! Happy 2nd anniversary! Thank you Paul ! Bernd __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
