[meteorite-list] WHOS WANTS POPCORN, this should be good
From: Tim Heitz <midwestmeteor_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:25 2004 Message-ID: <002e01c3902d$e09f2500$ca01a8c0_at_tim1> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C39003.F745BC30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable WHOS WANTS POPCORN, this should be good ----- Original Message -----=20 From: MARSROX_at_aol.com=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:57 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Be like Mike (?) 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."=20 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 ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C39003.F745BC30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D3>WHOS WANTS POPCORN, this should be good</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D3></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3DMARSROX_at_aol.com = href=3D"mailto:MARSROX_at_aol.com">MARSROX@aol.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, October 11, = 2003 11:57=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] Be = like Mike=20 (?)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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=20 India, without compensation." Adam Hupe tells me that he didn't visit = India=20 for a recovery effort because he couldn't obtain a permit. It is = Mike's=20 responsibility to be aware of local law. Mike is apparently about to = leave=20 India with a 14 gram fragment obtained without a permit.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If the members of this list endorse this legally = questionable=20 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=20 "University"" allowed him access to the recovered fragments.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shades of Ron Farrell (Bethany Science) a "Yale Professor" when=20 "necessary." </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Meteorite recovery where "the ends justify the means" shines a = very dim=20 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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C39003.F745BC30-- Received on Sat 11 Oct 2003 03:28:40 PM PDT |
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