Re: [meteorite-list] Re:The Italian Job Part II ;-)

2004-01-23 Thread DNAndrews
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please, do not post anything from that mental midget. Praise the meteorite Gods that he is OFF THIS LIST! Thank You, Fred Hall Ditto that Fred! I've had my fill. I hope it wasn't something I said. ;-) __ Meteorite-list

[meteorite-list] SALE - Several nice meteorites on ebay starting at $1.00 - SALE

2004-01-23 Thread ajones
Good Evening! I apologize for another sale posting but I'm making some room for Tucson so I've decided to pass these meteorites on to some lucky bidders - All starting at $1.00! Grayton - Florida Meteorite (H5) 6 gram slice

[meteorite-list] AD nice 20 kg 99% crust OC Collection Cente rPiece. Look !

2004-01-23 Thread Michel Franco
Dear List I have put on line a very nice 99 % black charcoal crust OC with lots of regmaglypts. Certanly a must for any collector willling to have a center piece for his collection. www.caillou-noir.com/BiGmeteorites.htm There is also a video of it, 5 Mb a bit long to download unless you have

RE: [meteorite-list] 'Serious Anomaly' Silences Mars Spirit Rover

2004-01-23 Thread kenoneill
Ron List, I heard on the radio just prior to the malfunction announcement that the Spirit team were excited after finding what appeared to be a soft area of ground i.e. mud ! Was there any mention of this anywhere else ? Regards Ken O'Neill IMCA 9465 -Original Message- From:

RE: [meteorite-list] 'Serious Anomaly' Silences Mars Spirit Rover

2004-01-23 Thread mark ford
Wouldn't it be funny if it has fallen into a puddle... I did notice that around the time spirit went down, the Magnetometer networks were showing increased local activity, i.e solar auroral activity. Looking at www.spaceweather.com it appears that there have been a couple of decent sized

Re: [meteorite-list] Re:The Italian Job Part II ;-)

2004-01-23 Thread David Freeman
You guys should all be ashamed of your selves.Ding-dong, theI seem to feel like singing too..how about a group hug? nutterdave :-[ DNAndrews wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please, do not post anything from that mental midget. Praise the meteorite Gods that he is OFF THIS

[meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

2004-01-23 Thread mark ford
Mars water found, more here : http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/index.html -Original Message- From: Bernhard Rendelius Rems [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 January 2004 12:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

RE: [meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

2004-01-23 Thread Bernhard \Rendelius\ Rems
I find this picture of special interest: http://www.esa.int/export/externals/images/ob_22_reull_v.jpg I am just a layman interpreting this picture, but what else than water or a liquid could have created this river like structure? Bernhard . -Original Message-

Re: [meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

2004-01-23 Thread magellon
Super photo. The higher elevation features also look as if they has been eroded or washed down hill. best, ken Bernhard \"Rendelius\" Rems wrote: I find this picture of special interest: http://www.esa.int/export/externals/images/ob_22_reull_v.jpg I am just a layman interpreting this

[meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

2004-01-23 Thread mark ford
Bernd, Superb! That just has to have been made by water!, you even can see small streams and a shoreline (when you zoom in). I think that's one the best photo of mars I have ever seen! Just imagine what is to come.. Mark Ford

Re: [meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

2004-01-23 Thread Michel Franco
Hi all, It really loooks like an Earth desert view from the sky. Water flows dry beds ( Wadi, Oued, Wed, Ued, whatever you call them...) , cuesta like cliffs, I was wandering if we could find a similar desert on our planet with so many impact craters ! I would like to prospect these craters.

[meteorite-list] ebay auctions

2004-01-23 Thread Steve Arnold, Chicago!!!
Hi list.I have 3 auctions ending in 7 hours.3 0'clock chicago time.3 unclassified nevada micro's.I also have 4 others going on.Awhole wiluna stone, nwa 788 half stone, nwa 803 halfstone, and small RIFLE, colorado iron fragment w/aml label.View at your liesure.

[meteorite-list] AD - new ebay listings

2004-01-23 Thread Ing. Christian ANGER
Hi, I listed some new auctions on ebay - some beauties too. Also I have some listings ending tomorrow and in the next few days. There are some new NWAs for auction which were recently classified - but not much grams offered for public. Please have a look at :

[meteorite-list] Stan Turecki

2004-01-23 Thread Dave Schultz
This is for Stan. I have received all of your e-mails and have replied to them many times. You must be having problems on your end, as I am not having any problems here, and yes, I will be in Tucson from the 5th. thru the 9th. of February. Dave

[meteorite-list] RE: 'Serious Anomaly'

2004-01-23 Thread Michael Gallant
Well Mark, (pun intended) My wife suggests NASA examine me as she says I exhibit the same 'Serious Anomaly' as Spirit when it comes to staring at a Mars rock... I have no idea what's she's talking about I communicate just fine... when I want to. Impatiently waiting close-ups, Mike

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status - January 23, 2004

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
Guy Webster (818) 354-5011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Donald Savage (202) 358-1547 NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. News Release: 2004-29January 23, 2004 Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status NASA's Spirit rover communicated with Earth in a signal

[meteorite-list] Mars Express Sees Its First Water - Scientific Results

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express/SEM8ZB474OD_0.html N° 06-2004 - Paris, 23 January 2004 Mars Express sees its first water - scientific results European Space Agency Mars Express, ESA's first mission to Mars, will reach its final orbit on 28 January. It has already been

Re: [meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status - January 23, 2004

2004-01-23 Thread Michael Farmer
Well that is great news. It seems there is a glitch more than a fatal error. I will attend a special party tomorrow night at the LPL at the University of Arizona, they are going to have some TVs and live uplink with JPL for the landing tomorrow night. This will be quite exciting and I sure hope

Re: [meteorite-list] 'Serious Anomaly' Silences Mars Spirit Rover

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
I heard on the radio just prior to the malfunction announcement that the Spirit team were excited after finding what appeared to be a soft area of ground i.e. mud ! Was there any mention of this anywhere else ? The 'Magic Carpet' area? See here:

Re: [meteorite-list] more on Allende

2004-01-23 Thread Rafael B. Torres
Hello!, Ive never been to Allende but I think it all depends how you approach to the local people in town, I heard that mexican mafia would get angry if you go hunting fo meteorites, but I think its just a urban legend. I f you go t the town with a friendly attitude, i bet you wont have any

[meteorite-list] Russell's meteorites - presentation

2004-01-23 Thread STUARTATK
Hi all, Firstly, apologies for not telling you all about this sooner; it's just been a crazy week with all the drama on and around Mars, my phone's never stopped ringing with schools asking me to give them talks featuring all the latest news from Beagle, Spirit, Opportunity and Mars Express. But

[meteorite-list] SwRI Suborbital Science Payload Gets The Goods on Mercury, Searches for Vulcanoids

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
SwRI suborbital science payload gets the goods on Mercury, searches for Vulcanoids Southwest Research Institute January 23, 2004 A new major scientific payload flew in space last week after launching aboard a NASA suborbital Black Brant rocket. The payload, consisting of a

[meteorite-list] The Sky Is The Limit

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/spotlight/spirit/a10_20040120.html The Sky Is The Limit Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 20, 2004 Believe it or not, some of the scientists on the Mars Exploration Rover Science team don't really care too much about rocks - or for that matter anything on the

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images - January 19-23, 2004

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES January 19-23, 2004 o Meridiani Planum (Released 19 January 2004) http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20040119a.html o Meridiani Planum (Released 20 January 2004 http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20040120a.html o West Meridiani Crater (Released 21 January 2004)

Re: [meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

2004-01-23 Thread Howard Wu
I was rather hoping they'd find whiskey. I wouldn't freeze up at night and would give list members another reason to go to mars. Howard Wu Bishop, CA PS. Looks more likely that I'll be going to Tuscon as my co-pilot has given me a go. mark ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bernd,Superb!That just

[meteorite-list] Re: Collection Liqiudation

2004-01-23 Thread Bruce D Wegmann
- Original Message - From: Bruce D Wegmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 3:07 PM Subject: Collection Liqiudation Thanks for all the inquires, and especially to the guys who picked up some real bargains. Still need to do a bit more

Re: [meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

2004-01-23 Thread Michel Franco
Hello Howard list, I'd experienced Bourbon frozen at -52°C ! Never triedwith whiskey. my 2 cents, Michel - Original Message - From: Howard Wu To: meteorite-list Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

[meteorite-list] Opportunity Closes in on the Red Planet

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
http://space.com/missionlaunches/opportunity_update_040123.html Opportunity Closes in on the Red Planet By Leonard David space.com 23 January 2004 PASADENA, Calif. -- Early Jan. 25, at about 12:05 a.m. EST, NASA's second Mars Exploration Rover -- Opportunity -- will arrive on Mars. It's

[meteorite-list] OT / AD / Trade; Misc. JPL stuff

2004-01-23 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello List, I have some odds and end's JPL stuff that I do not need. If anyone's into this kind of stuff, I would like to trade it for a individual meteorite (except Nantans) I am not looking for anything big, rare or expensive, just another one for my collection. I have a Mars Observer pin,

[meteorite-list] Spirit Remains In 'Critical' Condition

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/mars/mera/040123recovery.html Spirit remains in 'critical' condition BY WILLIAM HARWOOD STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS SPACE PLACE USED WITH PERMISSION January 23, 2004 The crippled Spirit rover remains in critical condition on the surface of Mars, engineers said

[meteorite-list] MGS Photos of the Spirit Landing Site

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
Check out these images of the Spirit landing site taken by Mars Global Surveyor: http://www.msss.com/mars_images/moc/2004/01/23/index.html Visible in the photos are the Spirit lander, the parachute and backshell, the heatshield impact, and bounce marks. Spirit actually bounced in and out of a

Re: [meteorite-list] Spirit Remains In 'Critical' Condition

2004-01-23 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
I have two theories, Spirit was hit my a meteorite, although a small target on a big planet, it is more likely than the next theories, Spriit was attacked by Martians! Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier IMCA 6168 - Original Message - From: Ron Baalke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite Mailing List

[meteorite-list] Mars Express Commissioning and Early Results

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=34487 Mars Express Commissioning and Early Results European Space Agency 23 Jan 2004 Overall Mission Status The Mars Express orbiter was successfully inserted into orbit around Mars on 25 December 2003. Since then several manoeuvres

Re: [meteorite-list] Spirit Remains In 'Critical' Condition

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
I have two theories, Spirit was hit my a meteorite, although a small target on a big planet, it is more likely than the next theories, Spriit was attacked by Martians! Or maybe Spirit was attacked by Martians with meteorites. :-) Ron __

Re: [meteorite-list] MGS Photos of the Spirit Landing Site

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
Either the server is too busy or the link is wrong :-( Looks like the server is busy. Here's are some alternate links: http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040123a/R1303051sub_a100_br2.gif http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/spirit/20040123a/R1303051sub_a100.gif

RE: [meteorite-list] Spirit Remains In 'Critical' Condition

2004-01-23 Thread Bernhard \Rendelius\ Rems
Hehe. Personally, I think that this reboot-loop is caused by a short-circuit somewhere. BTW - one of the astonishing findings of ESA is that Mars seems to be much warmer than thought. They expected -120°C to -30°C, but instead they found the temperature is +4°C. Don't know where this temperature

Re: [meteorite-list] ESA discovers water on mars

2004-01-23 Thread j . divelbiss
Howard and fellow Tucson attendees, Glad to hear you might be going to Tucson Howard. I too have decided NOT TO STAY home wondering what everyone is doing out there that week, so I will be there for the festivities for the first time(5th to 8th). Take it easy on me guys...me being a PA

Re: [meteorite-list] Russell's meteorites - presentation

2004-01-23 Thread j . divelbiss
Stuart, Thanx for the wonderful story about Russell. Mental health as it relates to physical health for all of us is such a monumental aspect for good living. All contributors to the venture should be very proud. I was not one, and wish I had sent something. Maybe another chance will come

[meteorite-list] Rover Team Readies For Second Landing While Trying to Mend Spirit

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. TELEPHONE (818) 354-5011 http://www.jpl.nasa.gov Guy Webster (818) 354-5011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Donald Savage (202)

Re: [meteorite-list] Rover Team Readies For Second Landing While Trying to Mend Spirit

2004-01-23 Thread j . divelbiss
Ron, Do you know if the rover was still parked in front of the Adirondack named rock? I was just curious where it was and what was it doing. Someone mentioned a rumor was that it drove into a soft spot. I thought it was parked by the rock. John MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE JET PROPULSION

[meteorite-list] Crusted GB individual?

2004-01-23 Thread Tom aka James Knudson
Hello has anyone ever found a 2 or 3 gram crusted Gold Basin? If so, would it be the regular GB or one of the others meteorite found in that area? Thanks, Tom Peregrineflier IMCA 6168 __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[meteorite-list] Mars Exploration Rover Mission Status - January 23, 2004

2004-01-23 Thread Ron Baalke
Guy Webster (818) 354-5011 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. Donald Savage (202) 358-1547 NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. News Release: 2004-033 January 23, 2004 5 p.m. PST Mars Exploration Rover

RE: [meteorite-list] Rover Team Readies For Second Landing While Trying to Mend Spirit

2004-01-23 Thread Greg redfern
All, If I may...Spirit is still positioned in front of Adirondack. It was not hit by a meteorite, suffer a coronal mass ejection radiation event or any other type of external incident. Personal telecon w/JPL/MER managers has revealed that they DO NOT know what has happened and are trying

[meteorite-list] Macovich Auction

2004-01-23 Thread Walter Sullivan
List: It's great to be back reading the list after a long absence and I look forward to seeing my friends in Tucson. I believe that there is a Macovich auction as usual this year, but I do not see the lots on the Macovich site. Where are they? Walter Sullivan

Re: [meteorite-list] Macovich Auction

2004-01-23 Thread Michael Farmer
There will be no Auction by Darryl Pitt this year. Mike Farmer - Original Message - From: Walter Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 8:57 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Macovich Auction List: It's great to be back reading the list after a

Re: [meteorite-list] Crusted GB individual?

2004-01-23 Thread larrytwinkmonrad
I have one that looks dark just like a licorice Jelly Belly. It was too small for the U of A to justify classifying it, so do not know if it is a regular GB or something else. But I like it. We filed off one end and it could be any of the above. Twink Monrad At 07:56 PM 1/23/2004 -0700, Tom aka

Re: [meteorite-list] Macovich Auction

2004-01-23 Thread Walter Sullivan
Thanks for the info. Guess I'll be able to buy some dinosaur fossils too this year. Walter Greg redfern wrote: Welcome back Walter...always a pleasure Greg Redfern JPL NASA Solar System Ambassador http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ambassador/index.html International Meteorite Collectors Association