[meteorite-list] Curiosoty Rover Rounds Martian Dune to Get to the Other Side

2016-01-08 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4810 Rover Rounds Martian Dune to Get to the Other Side Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 4, 2016 NASA's Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up-close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand dunes, is providing dramatic views of

[meteorite-list] Mars Odyssey THEMIS Images: December 28, 2015 - January 8, 2016

2016-01-08 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES December 28, 2015 - January 8, 2016 o Nili Fossae - False Color (28 December 2015) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20151228a o Hebes Mensa - False Color (29 December 2015) http://themis.asu.edu/zoom-20151229a o Noachis Terra - False Color (30 December 2015)

[meteorite-list] NASA Office to Coordinate Asteroid Detection, Hazard Mitigation

2016-01-08 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4816 NASA Office to Coordinate Asteroid Detection, Hazard Mitigation Jet Propulsion Laboratory January 7, 2016 NASA has formalized its ongoing program for detecting and tracking near-Earth objects (NEOs) as the Planetary Defense Coordination

[meteorite-list] Dawn Journal - December 31, 2015

2016-01-08 Thread Ron Baalke via Meteorite-list
http://dawnblog.jpl.nasa.gov/2015/12/31/dawn-journal-december-31/ Dawn Journal by Dr. Marc Rayman December 31, 2015 Dear Transcendawnts, Dawn is now performing the final act of its remarkable celestial choreography, held close in Ceres' firm gravitational embrace. The distant explorer is

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2016-01-08 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Marjalahti Contributed by: Paul Swartz http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=01/09/2016 __ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at

Re: [meteorite-list] Happy New Year to the World

2016-01-08 Thread Peter Davidson via Meteorite-list
Anne and all the Meteorite Community Wishing all my friends and acquaintances around the globe a very happy and successful New Year from bonnie Scotland. I hope to see a few of you in Tucson again. A guid New Year tae yin an' a'. Good hunting Peter Davidson Senior Curator of Mineralogy

Re: [meteorite-list] Mining Asteroids

2016-01-08 Thread Walter Paleski via Meteorite-list
>From what I read they don't anticipate that to start happening until 2035 Walter J Paleski > On Jan 8, 2016, at 1:38 AM, ian macleod via Meteorite-list > wrote: > > Hi List, I love the romantic idea that asteroids will be mined one day. > However

[meteorite-list] AD: Deal of the Day

2016-01-08 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Greetings Listees. The Deal of the Day at Tucson Meteorites is active again after resting for the holidays. Check it out at tinyurl.com/TucMet Look for the Deal of the Day fireball, and check out the new stuff on the main web site, too. Thanks for looking. Paul Swartz IMCA 5204 Meteorite