Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread Yinan Wang
Before people start going off on the WP and shaking their angry fists, notice that it's an AP article. Essentially someone at the Associated Press writes it, various papers subscribe to it and just pull material and publish it as filler. Yes, the WP should probably fact check the articles they

Re: [meteorite-list] Fw: Warning about Lahcen Ait Ha

2011-06-24 Thread Douglas Dawn
It has nothing to do with the Moroccan people, just the distance and perceptions of borders. Anyone regardless of nationality who hides behind a keyboard thinking it provides anonymity to cover up swindling will eventually meet their match whether it is Gary or something else.    What a chance

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust (The Correction button)

2011-06-24 Thread Yinan Wang
To List and all: Instead of using the comments section, you can use the Correction button that is on the WP article's page. Here is where the link leads: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/interactivity/corrections/ With enough corrections sent, maybe they'll realize how bad that AP article

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread Yinan Wang
Here's a more detailed article on Time, plus you can even click the editor's name and email them! http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2079683,00.html - Yinan On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Michael Gilmer meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, The WP article's comment thread is

[meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread valparint
Well, shoot, that makes it OK! They just didn't have time to fact check, which is such drudgery, not to mention a nuisance. It's *so* much more convenient to cut-and-paste from the AP. And anyway, it was on page 12 of section B - by the time you get way back there it doesn't matter what you

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Paul and List, I am still amazed at how many people believe the Moon landings were fake. I don't want to open the debate again, but there is one key fact that the conspiracy nuts overlook : PEOPLE CANNOT KEEP THEIR MOUTHS SHUT. Let's put aside the scientific and technological arguments for

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread Michael Blood
On 6/24/11 6:26 AM, Met. Michael Gilmer meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote: hillbilly racism and moon-landing nutjobbery. Hi Michael, Wonderful description. Oh, so many things are so greatly influenced by the ignorant masses of this country. Jay walking Is NOT faked - I know

[meteorite-list] impact crater?

2011-06-24 Thread Robert Beauford
Thought some of you might like this... When I first saw the illustration from this article: http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3051/pdf/fs2011-3051.pdf on the top of the page at http://geology.com/news/ I thought, 'nice cross section... which unexposed crater made the news?' I'd love to see some chip

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread Greg Stanley
Yep - you tell a lie enough times over and over, and the masses believe it to be the truth. That is... how you control the people. Greg S Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2011, at 9:31 AM, Michael Blood mlbl...@cox.net wrote: On 6/24/11 6:26 AM, Met. Michael Gilmer meteoritem...@gmail.com

[meteorite-list] AD : NWA 5885 Main Mass - Rare EH5 chondrite

2011-06-24 Thread Fabien Kuntz
Hello, the main mass of NWA 5885, hold for a time by one of our meteorite friend, is now for sale again, because a change in his whishlist... The NWA 5885, with a Total Known Weight of only 21g (missreferenced 98g in MetSoc DataBase), is classified as EH5

[meteorite-list] POP QUIZ FRIDAYS/ POP CULTURE

2011-06-24 Thread Shawn Alan
Hello Listers,   I thought I would change up the POP QUIZ today and shift it to POP CULTURE and movies about meteors and meteorites. Have fun and enjoy the POP QUIZ :)   Name of the game   Be the 10th Lister to email me off the List with the correct answer and you will win a 100mg plus

Re: [meteorite-list] METEORITE PHOTOS: I Need LOTS of Meteorite Photos! ASAP!

2011-06-24 Thread Eric Wichman
Hi guys, I want to thank everyone who has contacted me with all the great meteorite photos so far and request that you keep those awesome meteorite photos coming in. I need lots more of them. Regards, Eric On 6/23/2011 12:47 PM, Eric Wichman wrote: Hi everyone, I'm looking for a whole bunch

[meteorite-list] AD - nice sale on meteorites and lots

2011-06-24 Thread Greg Catterton
Hi to all. Here is a list of a few nice meteorites and lots for sale. Can ship any sales paid for today in the morning. After today, shipping will not be available until after the 4th of July. Thanks for looking. Valera Meteorite slice 3.8g KILLED AN ANIMAL! $120.00 ALH76009 .03g $25.00 NWA

Re: [meteorite-list] METEORITE PHOTOS: I Need LOTS of Meteorite Photos! ASAP!

2011-06-24 Thread M come Meteorite
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[meteorite-list] Ad: HUGE Graphite Nodule slice from a Canyon Diablo meteorite

2011-06-24 Thread Ruben Garcia
Hi all, A friend - not on the list- asked me to post this ad for him. He's selling a very large (345 grams) slice of a graphite nodule from a Canyon Diablo Meteorite. It's worth a look even if you're not interested in buying. It looks very much like a Portales Valley Slice on steroids! There is

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread Michael Gilmer
Hi Stuart and List, That is true about the Manhattan Project, but look how long that secret lasted. The Soviets penetrated the project and Klaus Fuchs stole the secrets in less than 2 years. That secret, involving a fraction of the people the Apollo program did, didn't last nearly as long as

Re: [meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread Stuart McDaniel
Hey Mike, I firmly believe and KNOW the lunar landing happened, hell I was there to watch them blast off in '69 but think about this.look at the secret a 1000+ or so kept about the Manhattan project. Oakridge hired all these people to build the facility or basically a town then

[meteorite-list] Moon Dust

2011-06-24 Thread JoshuaTreeMuseum
All the AP people, or whoever wrote the original article, had to do was add the simple caveat that all non-Antarctic lunar meteorites and meteoritical materials are perfectly legal to possess, buy and sell. A simple distinction between the legality of non-Antactic lunar meteorites and the

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