Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread Dave Harris
...I see your point, but Mars ishardly a "dead rock" for certain! ---Original Message--- From: Darren Garrison Date: 07/18/05 20:55:52 To: Dave Harris Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; metlist Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] pollution On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:45:38 +0100 (GMT Day

[meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread Dave Harris
Hi Randy, You said: I am more concerned with the pollution here on earth than any highly remote possibility of transporting something to Mars which probably would not survive the harsh trip through space anyway. Randy Absolutely agree! but we must not screw up other planets as well as our

Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:45:38 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time), Dave Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have a responsibility to protect our own planet before we have the right to mess with another one! Personally, I think that the not mess around part only really applies to worlds that have life

Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread Pete Pete
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],metlist meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] pollution Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:51:20 +0100 (GMT Daylight Time) ...I see your point, but Mars is hardly a dead rock for certain! ---Original Message--- From: Darren

Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Dave and all, I think what your concern is (tell me if I am wrong), not so much transporting biological organisms but rather contamination of the planet then later finding that contamination and declaring there is life there on the red rock. As I recall there was great concern when we

Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread AL Mitterling
Hi Dave and all, During one shuttle mission, a pallet called the long duration experiment was launched and was to collect data during it's stay in space for a few months. Because of the Challenger explosion, and the shuttle fleet being grounded for sometime, it stayed in space longer than

Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread MarkF
: Re: [meteorite-list] pollution Hi Dave and all, I think what your concern is (tell me if I am wrong), not so much transporting biological organisms but rather contamination of the planet then later finding that contamination and declaring there is life there on the red rock. As I recall

Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread Darren Garrison
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 20:00:19 -0400, MarkF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: current rash of insidious killing bugs we have going on (aids and mad cow and now white tail deer wasting disease) all seem to be some little bug they can't see under a magnifier. So, they name them preons I think, not quite a

Re: [meteorite-list] pollution

2005-07-18 Thread Marc Fries
Is this serious? MDF Us Earthlings must not be seen as Imperialists!! Dave __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list -- Marc Fries Postdoctoral Research