[meteorite-list] Be like Mike (?)
From: MARSROX_at_aol.com <MARSROX_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:25 2004 Message-ID: <9f.3eb90b4f.2cb99095_at_aol.com> -------------------------------1065891477 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit A couple of items about Mike Farmer's journey: 1. All "meteorites are deemed owned by the Geological Survey of India, without compensation." Adam Hupe tells me that he didn't visit India for a recovery effort because he couldn't obtain a permit. It is Mike's responsibility to be aware of local law. Mike is apparently about to leave India with a 14 gram fragment obtained without a permit. If the members of this list endorse this legally questionable action, I want to state that I do not. 2. Mike wrote that "liberal, if not quite true use of the word "University"" allowed him access to the recovered fragments. Shades of Ron Farrell (Bethany Science) a "Yale Professor" when "necessary." Meteorite recovery where "the ends justify the means" shines a very dim light on the hobby at an already very dark time. What would Harvey do? Kevin Kichinka -------------------------------1065891477 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD> <META charset=3DUTF-8 http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charse= t=3Dutf-8"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>A couple of items about Mike Farmer's journey:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>1. All "meteorites are deemed owned by the Geological Survey of In= dia, without compensation." Adam Hupe tells me that he didn't visit India fo= r a recovery effort because he couldn't obtain a permit. It is Mike's respon= sibility to be aware of local law. Mike is apparently about to leave India w= ith a 14 gram fragment obtained without a permit.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If the members of this list endorse this legally questionable= action, I want to state that I do not.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>2. Mike wrote that "liberal, if not quite true use of the word "Univers= ity"" allowed him access to the recovered fragments.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shades of Ron Farrell (Bethany Science) a "Yale Professor" when "necess= ary." </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Meteorite recovery where "the ends justify the means" shines a very dim= light on the hobby at an already very dark time.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What would Harvey do?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin Kichinka</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> -------------------------------1065891477-- Received on Sat 11 Oct 2003 12:57:57 PM PDT |
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