[meteorite-list] Apollo Lunar Sample Thin Sections Available for Viewing

I would like to let the Meteorite-list readership know about the Virtual Microscope site where thin sections of the Apollo samples are available for viewing. Check out: www.virtualmicroscope.org/content/apollo A multi-year joint project between the NASA-JSC Curator's Office and The Open

Re: [meteorite-list] BoldHefty: ALH84001 from NASA offered on ebay....

Another sample of Zagami and NOT ALH84001. This sample was prepared by Darryl Pitt and colleagues for educational and retail purposes. Everett Gibson ** AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at

Re: [meteorite-list] Weird pic...Apollo 14

Sterling, Your explanation about the Apollo 14 photograph is correct. During the Apollo 14 mission I was the Mission Science Advisor for the A-14 mission in the Lunar Receiving Laboratory. I participated in the Apollo 14 crew debriefings with Alan Sheppard, Ed Mitchell and Stuart Rousa

[meteorite-list] Apollo astronauts trained to NOT pick up meteorites on moon

Regarding the discussions about picking up meteorites on the moon. The Apollo astronauts were specifically trained by NASA to NOT pick up meteorites on the moon. The classes were taught by Prof. Carleton Moore of the Center for Meteorite Studies, Arizona State University and Don Elston of the