Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Times PDFs now available again
Always a great read! Personally I just downloaded the Android version of Issuu to read Meteorite Times and it works like a charm and I can now read MT whereever I want :) -- Gaetan Cormier http://gcmeteorites.blogspot.com Le 2014-06-10 00:38, Paul Harris via Meteorite-list a écrit : Dear List, We've had a some requests for PDFs of the magazine so people can read at their leisure. PDF files for each issue of Meteorite Times Magazine are available for download from the issue.com website. The PDFs are only available for download to members so you'll have to join. We've just finished our instruction page which is accessible from both the Current Issue and Back Issues pages. http://www.meteorite-times.com/download-meteorite-times-magazine-as-pdf/ Enjoy! Paul and Jim __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 7317 TS Contributed by: Peter Marmet http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] AD: Many New Numbered Historic Specimens
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[meteorite-list] AD- Meteorite Auctions
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[meteorite-list] NASA Instruments Begin Science on Rosetta Spacecraft Set to Land on Comet
June 10, 2014 NASA Instruments Begin Science on European Spacecraft Set to Land on Comet Three NASA science instruments aboard the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft, which is set to become the first to orbit a comet and land a probe on its nucleus, are beginning observations and sending science data back to Earth. Launched in March 2004, Rosetta was reactivated January 2014 after a record 957 days in hibernation. Composed of an orbiter and lander, Rosetta's objective is to arrive at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in August to study the celestial object up close in unprecedented detail and prepare for landing a probe on the comet's nucleus in November. Rosetta's lander will obtain the first images taken from a comet's surface and will provide the first analysis of a comet's composition by drilling into the surface. Rosetta also will be the first spacecraft to witness at close proximity how a comet changes as it is subjected to the increasing intensity of the sun's radiation. Observations will help scientists learn more about the origin and evolution of our solar system and the role comets may have played in seeding Earth with water, and perhaps even life. We are happy to be seeing some real zeroes and ones coming down from our instruments, and cannot wait to figure out what they are telling us, said Claudia Alexander, Rosetta's U.S. project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Never before has a spacecraft pulled up and parked next to a comet. That is what Rosetta will do, and we are delighted to play a part in such a historic mission of exploration. Rosetta currently is approaching the main asteroid belt located between Jupiter and Mars,. The spacecraft is still about 300,000 miles (500,000 kilometers) from the comet, but in August the instruments will begin to map its surface. The three U.S. instruments aboard the spacecraft are the Microwave Instrument for Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO), an ultraviolet spectrometer called Alice, and the Ion and Electron Sensor (IES). They are part of a suite of 11 science instruments aboard the Rosetta orbiter. MIRO is designed to provide data on how gas and dust leave the surface of the nucleus to form the coma and tail that gives comets their intrinsic beauty. Studying the surface temperature and evolution of the coma and tail provides information on how the comet evolves as it approaches and leaves the vicinity of the sun. Alice will analyze gases in the comet's coma, which is the bright envelope of gas around the nucleus of the comet developed as a comet approaches the sun. Alice also will measure the rate at which the comet produces water, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. These measurements will provide valuable information about the surface composition of the nucleus. The instrument also will measure the amount of argon present, an important clue about the temperature of the solar system at the time the comet's nucleus originally formed more than 4.6 billion years ago. IES is part of a suite of five instruments to analyze the plasma environment of the comet, particularly the coma. The instrument will measure the charged particles in the sun's outer atmosphere, or solar wind, as they interact with the gas flowing out from the comet while Rosetta is drawing nearer to the comet's nucleus. NASA also provided part of the electronics package for the Double Focusing Mass Spectrometer, which is part of the Swiss-built Rosetta Orbiter Spectrometer for Ion and Neutral Analysis (ROSINA) instrument. ROSINA will be the first instrument in space with sufficient resolution to be able to distinguish between molecular nitrogen and carbon monoxide, two molecules with approximately the same mass. Clear identification of nitrogen will help scientists understand conditions at the time the solar system was formed. U.S. scientists are partnering on several non-U.S. instruments and are involved in seven of the mission's 21 instrument collaborations. NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) is supporting ESA's Ground Station Network for spacecraft tracking and navigation. Rosetta is an ESA mission with contributions from its member states and NASA. Rosetta's Philae lander is provided by a consortium led by the German Aerospace Center, Cologne; Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Gottingen; French National Space Agency, Paris; and the Italian Space Agency, Rome. JPL manages the U.S. contribution of the Rosetta mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. JPL also built the MIRO and hosts its principal investigator, Samuel Gulkis. The Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio and Boulder), developed the Rosetta orbiter's IES and Alice instruments, and hosts their principal investigators, James Burch (IES) and Alan Stern (Alice). For more information on the U.S. instruments aboard Rosetta, visit: http://rosetta.jpl.nasa.gov More information
[meteorite-list] NASA Announces Two Upcoming Undersea Missions
June 10, 2014 NASA Announces Two Upcoming Undersea Missions NASA is returning to the bottom of the ocean. Twice this summer, aquanauts participating in the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) will conduct activities on the ocean floor that will inform future International Space Station and exploration activities. These studies provide information that correlates directly to life aboard the space station, where crew members must frequently perform critical tasks that present constraining factors similar to those experienced in an undersea environment. It is both challenging and exciting for our astronaut crews to participate in these undersea missions in preparation for spaceflight, says Bill Todd, NEEMO project manager at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. It is critical that we perform science applicable to NASA's exploration goals in a high-fidelity space operational context. The extreme environment of life undersea is as close to being in space as possible. NEEMO 18, a nine-day mission beginning July 21, will focus on studies in behavioral health and performance, human health issues, and habitability. Astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will command NEEMO 18. He will be joined by NASA astronauts Jeanette Epps and Mark Vande Hei and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet. NEEMO 19, which begins Sept. 7 and runs seven days, will focus on the evaluation of tele-mentoring operations for ESA. Telementoring is when a crew member is given instruction for a task by an expert who is located remotely but is virtually present via a video and voice connection. NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik will command this second mission. He will be joined by Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, and Herve Stevenin, ESA's Head of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Training at the European Astronaut Center in Cologne, Germany. Both NEEMO missions will include EVA objectives and engineering investigations to mature technologies and training techniques for use on the space station and in asteroid exploration. These EVAs will focus on evaluating man-machine work systems and EVA tools and techniques for exploration tasks in varying levels of gravity ranging from that of asteroids to the gravity of Martian moons and Mars itself. The EVAs also will evaluate techniques to address re-planning of exploration operations accounting for different communications time delays. The missions also will investigate tools to help astronauts learn new procedures while in flight. One such tool for the just in time training that is delivered to the crew in orbit is intuitive procedures. These procedures use a combination of text, pictures, and videos to instruct the crew on how to perform a task that they were never trained on, and are presented in a way such that the crew understands it quickly. The NEEMO crews will live 62 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean, 5.4 nautical miles off the coast of Key Largo, Florida, in Florida International University's undersea research habitat Aquarius Reef Base, along with two professional habitat technicians. To request interviews with the NEEMO 18 or 19 crews during their mission, contact William Jeffs of NASA at william.p.je...@nasa.gov, Toshitami Ikeda or Fuki Taniguchi of JAXA at ikeda.toshit...@jaxa.jp or taniguchi.f...@jaxa.jp], Rosita Suennson of ESA at rosita.suen...@esa.int, or the CSA media relations team at me...@asc-csa.gc.ca . For more information about NEEMO, the crews and links to follow the missions on Facebook and Twitter, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/neemo For more information about NASA's analog field tests, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/analogs -end- Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jb...@nasa.gov William Jeffs Johnson Space Center, Houston 281-483-5111 william.p.je...@nasa.gov __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] unusual geology on mars
This photo coms from the rover and shows some circles that look almost like crinoids https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=6hg8rdseopdc0#9407374505 Cheers Steve Dunklee __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] unusual geology on mars
wrong link https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/t1.0-9/10351229_718677584858531_7841236522203934426_n.jpg - Original Message - From: Steve Dunklee steve.dunk...@yahoo.com To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 10:47 PM Subject: unusual geology on mars This photo coms from the rover and shows some circles that look almost like crinoids https://us-mg5.mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.rand=6hg8rdseopdc0#9407374505 Cheers Steve Dunklee __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://three.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
