[meteorite-list] ESAs artificial meteorite probes panspermia

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:59:54 -0500
Message-ID: <141901c91f6a$cecb1560$264de146_at_ATARIENGINE>

Mike, List,

The publication you almost remember is:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19960027473_1996032004.pdf

And there is a C. Floss published in it, but the author you
are thinking of is Monica Grady of NHM, London:

    "It seems likely, though, that meteorite curators
through the ages, having been presented with a
fossiliferous sedimentary rock, would probably not
have been able to assess the true nature of such
a terrestrial meteorite (notwithstanding the
protestations of the owner). How many of these
types of sample have been returned to sender?
More pertinently perhaps, how many such samples
are still preserved in traditional collections?"

    This was in 1996. Whether anybody looked
in their old drawers, boxes, and shelves... who
knows?

    I cited this in a pair of posts on sedimentary
meteorites on May 30 and 31, 2008, along with
a lot of other references to "possible" sedimentary
meteorites. You can find it in the List Archives,
in the thread "Just Another Question."


Sterling K. Webb
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From: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ESAs artificial meteorite probes panspermia


Wasn't there a lady professor that wrote an article a while back on
the possibility of there being atypical appearing meteorites and we
might be overlooking them? I realize that is somewhat of a wide-open
question but to possibly narrow it down a bit, the name Prof. C.
Floss seems to come to mind in my remembering this article. Seems
like it had to do with mantle or lack of meteorites from a certain
layer, or something similar. Anyone else remember this article? I'd
like to read it again if I could come up with the link.
Mike

On Sep 25, 2008, at 9:05 AM, Darren Garrison wrote:

> On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:40:22 +0200, you wrote:
>
>> Hello list,
>>
>> an artificial meteorite shows that sedimentary martian soil could
>> reach earth, but possible microbes would get killed by the
>> atmosferic flight:
>>
>> http://www.europlanet-eu.org/demo/index.php?
>> option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=41
>
> The more interesting part of the experiment, to me, is the
> production of "creamy
> white fusion crusts". Wonder how many Martian sedementary
> meteorites (and old
> Earthites) have been passed over in the deserts because they were
> "the wrong
> color"?
>
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080925083252.htm
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