[meteorite-list] Wired Science Meteorite Segment

From: tett <tett_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 21:52:04 -0500
Message-ID: <004f01c72fab$51486300$6400a8c0_at_Tettenborn>

Geoff,

Very exciting that the find turned out to be a Brenham piece! You must have
been thrilled to see this captured by the film crew.

Thanks for your update.

Cheers,

tett
----- Original Message -----
From: "Notkin" <geoking at notkin.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Wired Science Meteorite Segment


> On Jan 3, 2007, at 7:00 PM, tett wrote:
>
>> Fess up guys, was this iron planted? If it was, it really does not
>> detract from a great news
>> article and the new "find" helps to give the segment more pizzaz!
>
> Dear Tett:
>
> Thanks for the enthusiastic comments.
>
> Funny you should ask about the iron being planted, because the host
> asked us the same thing! No, we did not plant it. What they don't show
> are the hours and days Steve spent on his own hunting for a good
> signal. Before shooting started Steve had marked some underground
> targets with little surface flags to save time while the crew was on
> location (but left the targets buried and untouched).
>
> When we finally got the film crew out into the field, all the flags had
> gone. They may have been scooped up by a tractor -- it is a working
> farm after all. So, Steve had to start over and go find the targets
> from scratch. Just ask him how long it took to find those targets : )
>
> As you can imagine, Steve has a pretty good ear and we both felt this
> one might be a real iron, and it was. What they also don't show you are
> the next 19 (?) targets Steve dug up over the next few digs, none of
> which were meteorites. The way the show is edited does make it look
> pretty easy. We were only supposed to have a seven-minute segment, and
> they expanded it to eleven, so I guess we actually got more airtime
> than planned, so I'm not complaining.
>
> I put together a "Making-of" feature about the show, and that goes into
> a little more detail.
>
> I hope you enjoy it: http://www.aerolite.org/wired-science.htm
>
>
> Thanks for watching.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Geoff N.
>
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>
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> http://www.aerolite.org/brenham.htm
>
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Received on Wed 03 Jan 2007 09:52:04 PM PST