Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

Wow, Congratulations Carl, I couldn't be happier for you! It looks fantastic from the video and I can't wait to see it for myself in person, it's just another step forward for UNM. Meteorite museum renovations seem to be popluar now days, first ASU, then TCU and now UNM. You have done an amazing

Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

Thanks for the kind words Ruben! I just came across this excerpt from Lincoln LaPaz's (founder of IOM) "Space Nomads: Meteorites in Sky, Field, and Laboratory". It is as true today as it was when the IOM was founded in 1944! "Meteorite hunting, unlike pure mathematics, cannot be conducted with

Re: [meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

Hi Carl, I think I'll keep this Lincoln LaPaz quote near next time I take part in a meteorite documentary, or TV show. "Meteorite hunting, unlike pure mathematics, cannot be conducted with success solely by publicity-shy individuals comfortably seated in armchairs." On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 2:17

[meteorite-list] UNM Meteorite Museum re-opening

http://news.unm.edu/news/unm-s-meteorite-museum-reopens-with-futuristic-design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBiM4f9Eajs * Carl B. Agee Director and Curator, Institute of Meteoritics Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences MSC03 2050 University of New Mexico