Re: [meteorite-list] Hunt Goes On for More Meteorites

2012-11-03 Thread GeoZay
Rivera said he took an oath not to tell what they saw for fear that rogue meteorite hunters — eager to sell galactic collectibles on eBay — might pounce on new potential meteorite locations and rob scientists' ability to research more rocks. Maybe I'm missing something here, but from

Re: [meteorite-list] Hunt Goes On for More Meteorites

2012-11-03 Thread Michael Mulgrew
George, here's what you're missing: There is a difference between keeping an area you are recovering meteorites from a secret, and painting anyone not affiliated with the NASA team as a rogue operative working against science. The NASA team failed to identify the meteorite initially (which I

Re: [meteorite-list] Hunt Goes On for More Meteorites

2012-11-03 Thread Adam Hupe
- Original Message - From: geo...@aol.com geo...@aol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2012 8:21 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Hunt Goes On for More Meteorites Rivera said he took an oath not to tell  what they saw for fear that rogue meteorite

Re: [meteorite-list] Hunt Goes On for More Meteorites

2012-11-03 Thread Michael Farmer
Then please explain what rogue meteorite hunters is supposed to mean. It implies illegal or bad meteorite hunters. I am pretty pissed off after reading that crap. Using Meteorite Men as an example of what we really do is also disingenuous to those of us who hunt meteorites for a living VS for