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Re: Meteorite Falls
RE entries below:
Dear Phil, Thomas & List Members,
Clearly, Antarctica is the exception when it comes to the private
sectors contributing to the scientific sector. Note also, the private
sector VERY rarely is allowed access to ANY of the Antarctic
material (Theil Mountans is ONE exception I can think of....there MAY be
others?).
This is also the ONLY known place on earth where recovery is RELATIVELY
reliable, cost effective, predictable, etc.
Best wishes, Michael
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Thomas Randall wrote:
>
> At 11:59 AM 6/22/98 GMT, you wrote:
> > But
> >should we consider, also, those government employees in Antarctica who have
> >picked up many thousands of meteorites?
> >--
> >Phil Bagnall
> >http://www.ticetboo.demon.co.uk/
>
> Sure but until they knew they were there they weren't looking for them
> specifically were they? Also, how many amateur hunters have the money or
> facilities to go and find/recover them in Antarctica? Once the scientists
> knew they were there it was easy enough for them to get the funds and
> equiptment to go and recover them. Especially when Mars rocks were found.
> Would they have continued (for long) if they didn't find any Mars material?
>
> Regards,
> Tom Randall
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